Friday's Nikky / Tante Ida visit went quite well. I could not sleep much on Thursday night as I was worried about it. I spent Friday morning frantically cleaning the house & then we made a quick trip to the supermarket to get supplies for if they stayed for lunch. Just as well, because they did stay for lunch.



The house passed inspection, but (surprise, surprise) my child-rearing does not fit with their ideas.
Nikky asked if Edward had been weaned, as I had made the mistake of breastfeeding Edward in front of her in November 2006.
So I had to confess to Nikky that he is not weaned. Whoops! I was told that this is "disgusting". Tante Ida was slightly more tactful - she merely said that we all make mistakes with children and that Edward seems to be very contented. The Dutch (in my opinion) really are still in the 1950s with their play-pens, bottle-feeding etc.

After they had left I made myself feel better with some chocolate. And then Adam came home with yet more chocolate and a bottle of wine, so that was nice. He is a lovely husband.

Now, Adam had a very good working week - he is doing quite long hours but comes home happy as the work is interesting.

Yesterday was Saturday, and I was very tired as Adam was snoring a lot on Friday night, so much so that I had to move down to the sofa in the sittingroom in the middle of the night. And then Edward woke up yelling in the early hours of the morning so we all had a disrupted night. We all had an afternoon nap and felt a bit better by evening.
This morning we walked in a lovely area called the Groenwald, which is an old country house surrounded by parkland. Lots and lots of people walking their dogs. Beautiful, but weather quite cold and grey, as to be expected.



Well, Adam is upstairs in the attic (hopefully) reading things for his Last Ever university assignment. I can't wait until he finished it. I think it is due at the end of this month.