I had a lovely day yesterday. I met Coralie and Evan in town. It was her first major trip out on her own. As she had a cesarean section she is not permitted to drive for 6 weeks so she had to brave taking the pram on the bus! When I met up with her in the bus station she was feeling very proud of herself. So proud in fact, that she was in tears with the emotion of it all!
We did some shopping for bits and pieces for Evan. More pram sheets, moses basket sheets, another swaddling blanket, nappies etc. We also went in the Early Learning Center and Nanny got a frog with a mirror and lots of brightly coloured dangly bits to hang from the hood of Evans pram. He spent quite a while watching it. Coralie got him a tiny toy that attaches on a band to his wrist. As he waves his arms around all the time, I think that may be a hit. I also got a CD of action songs for Ellie and a lovely board book of puppies that has different textures on each page.
Coralie and I had a very nice lunch in British Home Stores, where Coralie also did her first nappy change in the baby room! We became more experienced as the afternoon went on. Evan also had lunch in BHS........ and John Lewis and Mothercare and Boots!! He is a hungry boy! My friend Dixie was saying how amazed she is as her little Granddaughter Sarah is tiny. I know what she means as Ellie is also very, very small for her age.
We made use of several mum and baby rooms in various shops. When we were in Boots we realised that he had been sick all over his sheets so while Coralie fed him....again, Nanny unwrapped the new pram sheets we had bought earlier and set about cleaning up the pram. We also made use of the new swaddling cloth! I firmly believe in swaddling and Coralie has been finding that it definitely helps him sleep. It's quite funny because I can swaddle tighter than her! When she does it, he eventually works his little hands and arms free. Not when Nanny does it though! John calls it his straight jacket.
I left Coralie at the bus station as we had to catch different buses. She has a friend coming today but I will see her and Evan tomorrow as we are going to Stevenage to see my Dad and then going to the hospital to see my Mum. We know she won't know who Evan is, but we want to get photos of them together, if we can. It's important to all of us that Evan meets his Great Grandmother.
Once I got home yesterday, I did a few catch up jobs and then in the evening I did some more family history research. I am really getting into it at the moment. I have studied and researched my family history on and off for over 20 years. I have spates of it. I can leave it ages and not do anything then I will do nothing else for days. It is very time consuming.
Mind you I may end up with lots of time this summer as I read yesterday that the weather is going to be terrible. They are predicting a very wet July and August with only average temperatures. I won't be doing much sun bathing then! Great!
I also added some photos to my July album last night. They are the photos of my Dad with Ellie and Evan and also my sister. Yahoo "peeps" my albums are at the bottom of my main page! Here is a preview.
My Dad with his Great Grandchildren, Ellie and Evan.
Uncle Josh with Evan.
Today I am going to work my "half hour" system. I don't have too much to do and I have already cleaned the bathroom and hoovered the top level. In the half hours in between I am going to press on with my research. Eventually I will put some stuff online. Thinking of house work reminded me of something that Dixie said the other day. I had mentioned having my shopping delivered by Tesco and Dixie couldn't believe that this was possible. I can't believe this doesn't happen in the USA! On the other hand I guess in some areas the distances may be too great.
In the UK all the big supermarkets such as Tesco, Sainsbury, Waitrose, Asda etc.. have online shopping lists. You simply order all your stuff and pick a delivery slot and they deliver! The website will remember everything that you have ever purchased either online, or in store, which makes it quick and easy to order all your normal stuff.
They do charge for delivery, usually an average of £5, which is about $3, I think. When you off set this against what it would cost you in petrol and parking charges it is actually quite reasonable. The other advantage is that you can't suddenly make impulse buys as you would when you are in the supermarket. Own up, how many people have popped into Sainsburys for a loaf of bread and a few pints of milk and the bill comes to £10! You end up buying other bits as well! I only use the service occasionally if I am really busy or not well, but maybe I should use it more often. Anyway, Dixie, I hope online grocery shopping comes to your area soon!
Right, I'm going to do half an hour of hoovering now! Back later.
No comments:
Post a Comment