Days Seventeen & Eighteen: School holidays

Yesterday we chilled out and had a chill out at home baking and reading day. This was somewhat prompted by the fact that it rained. ALL DAY. With no compunction whatsoever I jettisoned the plans for swimming, with slack about the house ones.However the boys were happy and that's what counts. We tidied up the playroom, and I agreed the boys could sleep there on Thursday night, so there was lots of nattering about that as they cuddled down in their bunks. Today the plan of action was going to see a free performance of Peter Pan in Hyde Park with Nicole, Alex and Brodie. The morning was a flurry of excitement as we sprinted to the train station at 9:10 to catch the 9:30 train (a 20 minute trot). I can confirm that my boys are, to use the local parlance 'well hard' and were able to get there in plenty of time, despite Kieran maundering on about his dislike of an increased heart rate. The train ride and walk to Hyde Park went well as we strolled past the largest police station I have yet seen in England - Hyde must obviously be a very safe place to live with such a large police presence :). Once at Hyde Park we strolled around looking for the performance. We found the band rotunda and a little orchard of pear and plum trees before we struck gold. We staked out our spot and the boys went off to play. Twenty minutes before the show started and it began to rain. So we all sat there in light summery clothes, with umbrellas over our heads (not me, I just dampened) until it stopped about 10 minutes into the performance. The boys were engrossed by the performance (Pendle Productions) and were jaw-clenchingly worried when Tinkerbell drank the poisoned medicine. Afterwards we headed over to the rather nice playground and finished off with an ice cream cone for each boy, which they generously shared with Alex and Brodie. We finally staggered home about 3pm and the boys nipped upstairs to drag their bedding up to the playroom and anticipation of their sleepout. They are cuddled up there now, looking absolutely adorable. Now we just have to hope they don't fall down the stairs in the night!