Still struggling to shake off the after effects of this bug I've been carrying. Indeed I even took a day off work on Tuesday to recuperate. In the end, however, I felt a bit of a phoney as as the day went along I decided I didn't feel quite ill enough for a "duvet day" - but as Carole had set a series of "Raiders Of the Lost Ark" esque traps throughout the house to make sure I stayed home I wasn't left with much of a choice.
I think Liz was a little perturbed to have to put up with looking after two gurning babies as well.
Yes, Luca took the day off nursery too in order to spend a little time with his Grandma. As I lay in bed I listened to the sounds Liz was enjoying throughout the day such as:-
"Luca do it!"
"Luca want it - give it to me"
"Luca watch telly now, go get me chocolate Grandma"
And of course his absolute favourite word, which he uses at least once every sentence:-
"No"
He's a treasure isn't he?
I digress, he's great - but he can be a little awkward and rambunctious right now. Poor Grandma's had a crash course in dealing with his ever increasing complexities but to be fair has coped admirably.
Luca loves being around her too. Despite generally enjoying a 3 hour sleep every afternoon he instead decided that this wasn't required on Tuesday. And he used his "tricks" to avoid his kip.....
After Grandma put him to bed he stayed there for a short while playing with his teddy's ("Iggle Piggle's fighting Dolphin!") before quietly crawling out and sneaking through to Dad's bedroom to tell me he's "Had a nice sleep Daddy".
Playing one off the other - that's Luca's favourite and most successful trick......
Last night Carole and I took advantage of Grandma's presence to head out to the cinema, this time to see the disaster movie "2012". It was without doubt Caroles favourite film in some time as we watched the world collapse in front of us (albeit in surprisingly effective CGI). I have to admit that it was quite gripping, even to the extent where you found yourself lifting your feet off the ground as cracks appeared in the earths crust on the screen.
I had a big meeting at work yesterday with various management about 2010, and gratifyingly it looks like we're going to continue bucking the recession's trend. With a number of contracts already lined up and in place all that's needed now is for me to make sure the operational staff are equipped enough to handle it before saying "go". Good news and a welcome filip as an unpredictable financial year reaches it's conclusion.
Liz goes home tomorrow - a shame, has it been a week? - so after which Carole and I will start the coundown to Christmas. Although from Luca's point of view it already has as his Christmas Calendar is opened with gusto each morning. "More chocolate for Luca!"
We bought a new Christmas tree last weekend to replace our old tree (which was so old it was starting to molt and wither - despite being plastic.....). Indeed it's even older than old Isis, the ageing pooch who's farts can clear a building quicker than tear gas.
We'll erect it this weekend (stop that sniggering in the back of the class Jenkins) and put a few decorations up too. Though with a toddler, a clumsy big wolf and manic pup we're fully expecting a little damage, chaos and tears.
Though what would Christmas be without these?
**Useless fact of the day - After reading Kelly's blog, where she "mentioned" the fact she was sspending Christmas at the idyllic "Mission Beach". As such, I've poured myself into research to find something bad about it. However, the worst thing I've found is one visitor's quote which reads as follows:-
""Not too bad, but there's not a great deal to do, particularly if the weather is bad""
Yep, the best (worst?) I could find is one indifferent opinion.**
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