Sunday, April 27, 2008

A Lazy Sunday in Africa

Our house (on a sunny day !) viewed from the bottom of the garden

I’ve had a really lazy Sunday today. My husband got my daughter up, dressed and fed this morning and took her out on to the farm with him for a few hours and I got to lie in – my favourite Sunday treat and as I’m sure many parent’s will understand, a lie-in is an extremely rare (and cherished !) treat with young child/ren in the house ! (Ollie loved it too, as she got to curl up on the bed with me undisturbed for a couple of extra hours ….)

My daughter loves going out on the farm with her Daddy, and I pack her a snack box and water the night before, also a few toys and things to keep her busy but she loves getting out of the vehicle and walking around the fields with him and perhaps having a ride on one of the tractor’s or combine harvesters with him. She then comes home all excited, just bursting to tell me all her “news” … so cute !

It is still raining on the farm so we have been pretty house bound this weekend. I’ve been doing some cooking and baking and this afternoon had homework to do with my daughter – I know, homework for a 3 year old ?! Tomorrow is a school day so we are gearing up for the week ahead, and I am just about to go and start preparing school lunchboxes and food for the road tomorrow as we all eat breakfast and lunch ‘on the road’ due to the fact that we are on the road for around 3 hours.

I hope that you have all had a wonderful weekend wherever you are in the world, and are looking forward to the coming week, too …..