Nick's getting some parenting practice

My week started with a trip to a soft play centre with the girls on Monday. It was Nick's day off so I offered to give him a ride to Timaru with us if he wanted but he decided not too. We'd been there about half an hour when I got a message from a bored Nick wishing he'd joined us so he decided he'd head down and join in the fun. The place was amazing with so many cool areas. The best was a huge inflatable slide that we all went on together and it really made your belly go funny. There was also an area that has hundreds of foam balls with a big air machine in the middle. You can use a small bucket to collect the balls and either put them in the air machine so they shoot out the top or climb up to air guns and shoot them towards targets on the other side. Eliza loved this area and watching the balls hover and shoot through the air. Nick enjoyed it just as much as the kids did I think but he did realise how tiring it can be. We spent a good 6 hours in the place and at one point had it all to ourselves. Eliza also slept in the pram for an hour so we had an hour of just running around crazy with Cassidy. On Nick's second day off I came home to chocolates and iris flowers and he took me out to a great pizza resturant where we had a lovely meal together. It was a wonderful surprise, fantastic food and topped off by having a table right in front of the wood burning fire in the resturant. He spent a long time planning it and even driving there to work out parking and checking the place out. We don't get much time alone so it was a lovely gesture. The sunrises this week have been extra amazing to walk to work in. Every time you step out the door you don't know what sky is going to greet you and every day is so very different. I made butterfly cakes this week and a hidden extras of jam and apparently they were amazing so that recipe will definitely be used again! Candy has been coming home earlier so she can spend more time with Cassidy which I think has helped her. I was worried my hours would get cut but I'm still working to usual time which I'm pleased about. On Saturday Candy decided to take me and the girls out to a daffodil farm not too far from here. It was beautiful but not many daffodils were open so we plan to go back in a few weeks and hopefully more will be in flower. I had no idea how many amazing, weird and wonderful shapes and colours of daffodil you can get. Candy is a keen gardener so she ordered some bulbs and I bought one for her garden as well. They will be available in April when they dig the bulbs up before winter. I managed to take some lovely photos of her with the girls which I think she's very pleased with because like many mum's she doesn't get many photos of her with the children. It's been a good week all round really for both of us.Read more