My Saturday (when Joss was away on business)

The boys and I had a good grown up breakfast ... we all got dressed etc and out of the apartment bang on time

The three of us took a quick taxi to the town of Stanley up the road to visit the
maritime museum -fun but v small. Billy went for a wee 4 times in 20 mins and then twice more in another 1.5 hours.

Then we had ice creams in the local Italian restaurant. Well, the boys did! I had one of my stupid conversations/encounters with the locals. Viz:

Mark: What icecreams do you want boys?
Archie: (immediately) 'nilla'
Billy: yes vanilla
B: no chocolate
B: no strawberry
B: what flavours have they got?
M: vanilla; chocolate; coffee; strawberry; melon
B: oh, coffee
B: no chocolate
M: you sure?
B: yes chocolate YUM
M: (to exasperated waitress) one vanilla ice cream; one chocolate ice cream; one coff..

B: No i said coffee
M: no, you decided on chocolate
B: yes, chocolate
M: (to exasperated waitress) one vanilla ice cream; one chocolate ice cream; one coffee ice cream; one ..
B: does chocolate ice cream come with a chocolate stick?
M: no billy
B: I want coffee ice cream
M: you sure? you don't like coffee
B: yes sure
M: (to exasperated waitress) one vanilla ice cream; two coffee ice creams ...

B: no chocolate i've changed my mind
M: BILLY aaaagh
M: (to exasperated waitress) one vanilla ice cream; one chocolate ice cream; one coffee ice cream; one espresso p l e a s e

a minute later
* Vanilla ice cream arrives (archie devours in 22 seconds .... looks around bored ... contemplates going under table ... contemplates wiping nilla hands on nice fake italian decor)

a minute later
* Chocolate ice cream arrives (Billy unimpressed but makes a start)

a minute later
* a milky cup of coffee arrives

M: (to exasperated waitress) sorry, this is wrong, i ordered a coffee ice cream

several minutes later
* (disgusting) iced coffee with vanilla ice cream and a wafer arrives

M: (to exasperated waitress) yum just what i ordered. (Eats regardless)

B: I don't like chocolate ice cream

M: waiter, check mngoy now

Pay, get up to go, espresso arrives. Left.

A: I want ribena


Trip to local supermarket to get ribena for archie ... BUSY!

Boys get lost several times.

Can't find ribena.

Billy wants wee badly in middle of shop.

Home. Sushi for lunch (a first for the boys). Billy loves it. Archie won't eat it. I make archie a marmite sarnie. I put everything away. Quiet time reading mags I bought them. Billy noticeably absent. Found in kitchen standing on stall making marmite sarney. No butter.

He ate one quarter of it. "There's no butter on it". Archie polished off balance.

Taxi back to Stanley for a children's birthday party which is in an unfindable kid's park @ bottom of a cliff.

Archie falls over rips toenail, badly scraped knees. Dark now so venture back up the cliff. Phone for taxi. None available. Taxi pulls up, people pile out. We clamber in. Previous people - their baby had puked up all over back seat. We decide to stay in --- windows open and GAG all way home.

Bath & bed easy-ish.

Mark in bed 21:00. Asleep 21:02