Sunday, 06 February 2011

O LOVELY SAUMUR


                                                                                      Saumur

Manu's been working all day and so I got on with things with the kids and that meant tackling homework.  A first for me but I was surprised at how I managed it with a bit of guidance from Samuel of course, can't help but think it should be the other way around.

It was a glorious day +13C.   Really makes a difference from -9C last week and you don't even need a scarf or hat.  Everyone was out walking.  I fell yesterday on the ice and skinned my knee so I was extra careful, it's not easy when everything starts to melt.  Not something you think of when you see the lovely snowy pictures.

Running through the woods


Going down....

I have discovered Saumur, a sparkling wine - because it doesn't come from Champagne you can't call it that, but very similar, delicious at a cool 4.52euros (R 44) it's cheaper than a decent bottle of wine.  Mmmmm it's just lovely and just what the doctor ordered. 

Dinner

Thank heavens for sprinkles which is great for bribing children to eat all their lunch or no ice cream and SPRINKLES.  We don't get them here so Mom brought a large supply which is starting to dwindle a little.  Benjamin has so many you can hardly see the ice cream.  Since he started school again after the holidays he has been easier to handle but today was a repeat of Christmas.  He is so determined and so stubborn it takes every inch of me not to lash out and just finish him off so to speak.  Nothing seems to work.  So tonight he's off to bed early - easy when he can't tell the time.  O the joys. 

Would you like some ice cream with your sprinkles

Mmmmmm Ice cream

Samuel has his last appointment with the educational physcologist tomorrow, at great expense to ourselves, just to proove to his teacher he is quiet normal, which we are assured he is.  It's the same ol same ol, you get good teachers and you get **** teachers.  When they're bad they're really bad but you can't spend your life changing schools really now can you.  Now I realise what my folks must have gone through with us when we were at school, it's heart renching and you just can't be there all the time.

Well I went to the library, got myself a card and borrowed 6 DVD's.  They have a whole lot of American series with all the seasons, so I really can catch up.  Hence the need to put the kids to bed early.  Mmmm pity I don't have two bottles of Saumur, or maybe just aswell.

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