Well it was a dull start to the day in Rutland but that was the only thing that was dull, that is of course if you discount England in the world cup which was worse than dull.
The Day started well with Emily and Catherine getting to school on time. A rare event for both of them to make it in on time despite the fact they live 2 minutes from the school. Emily was last out after finding the well hidden hairbrush that Catherine had carefully concealed around the house as usual. After they left I enjoyed the peace for a while before having a shower to wake me up.
I picked Lucy up from her Mummies at 10 as usual. It was lovely to see her gain. I miss her so much so much and I feel I miss out sometimes not knowing what she is doing, but that can’t be helped I guess. There is nothing I can do. Anyway I have gone off the point. This time was different. She had with her with her a bag of Fathers Day presents. She gave me the bag and I gave her a hug in return. I really just expected a card so it was so nice to be thought of. The presents were really well chosen. I love the picture of her in the “I Love Daddy” frame. That will always be special to me. I got a similar one for her Mummy on Mothers day. Then there was the lovely mug and of course the socks. I always love socks you can’t have enough of them. These ones said Super Daddy. It was a lovely moment and another one to come later on Sunday from Emily and Catherine. Lucy, bless her kept saying it was my Birthday. Not sure she has got the Fathers Day bit yet.
Before we set off from I walked to the car with her and I told her how proud I was of her and her potty training, and as I got her in her seat I gave that big hug I promised myself I would give for her hard work. She growing up, bless her, and I love her.
We first set off to the supermarket to get something for Lunch and Dinner and not forgetting the all-important pull-ups. I want to carry on the potty training that she has started with her Mummy. We have had a potty for ages all are missing here is the training seat for the toilet. Today she pushed the trolley and helped pick the dinner. I was looking at doing something with chicken and she picked a whole chicken. So it was decided, another Roast Chicken Dinner it was. Although this time, unlike the last one, we had this one was with Yorkshire puddings. Good thing Emily and Catherine both like my roasts.
When we got home it was play with George time. She really loves George, which is rather wonderful. I guess in many ways they were puppies together and they seem to share a common bond. She is always trying to pass him bits of food when she thinks I’m not looking even if she know they are thing he really shouldn’t have. He is always following her around on the off choice there might be food on hand. While she was playing I managed to send a quick email off to Lucy’s mummy thanking her for her part in the presents.
For Lunch we had bacon sandwiches. I use to have them many moons ago for breakfast and I have been missing them recently. They are rather yummy and always make you feel good. I know many a vegetarian who went back to eating meat because of the smell of bacon sandwiches. When she is older I will have to introduce her to the delights of kippers.
After Lunch I said we are going out and instantly she wanted to go and see the piggy’s again. It was part of the plan so it was lovely she suggested it to so off we set. It is only a few minutes drive to the farm and Lucy chatted all the way. I love the way she has started chatting. It is lovely.
We arrived at the farm and as soon as she got out of the car Lucy matched off to the pigs. She has learnt the way and was urging me to be faster, which I found rather amusing at the time given how much faster I walk. When we arrived at the pigs she said hello to them and climbed up the steps to see the baby pigs. She couldn’t quite see the mummy pig and started ask where she was so I lifted her higher to see her. She really loves those pigs. It is lovely. After the pigs we headed off to see the rabbits and play with the stuffed rabbit on top of their cage. She loves showing the real rabbits the stuffed toy and pretending it is real.
It wasn’t long until she remembered the teashop and off we headed. As soon as she got in she said hello to the lady that had given her the cake the last time we were there. Lucy sat down at the table with the toy farm and started to play. This time we didn’t get free cake but we did get an apple to give to one of the farm animals. Lucy decided it was the donkey’s lucky day but the horse ended up eating it. Unfortunately it started raining as we fed the horse and we did get see the goats. She was quite upset but I said we could see the baby swans instead.
Getting back in the car we headed off to the fishing lake just outside Langham near the railway crossing once part of the Oakham to Melton Canal. About a month ago we discovered a pair of swans had made a nest on the lake in the reeds and we went to see the signets. The last time I had been with Emily and Catherine, about four days ago, they were under their mother’s wing hiding away. This time I hoped I would see them with Lucy to make up for missing out on the park because of the rain and see them we did. The Mother was at the side of the nest and the father near by and all the little signets were in the nest. It was a lovely sight, they were brown and fluffy and Lucy seemed to love them. We didn’t stay long because of the rain but I’m sure we will see them again soon.
We arrived home with an hour or so to go before the Emily and Catherine came home so we sat down and watched “Peppa Pig” then moved on to playing in her bedroom. When the girls came home they both got the biggest of hugs with lots of I loves you’s. It is really lovely to see them greet each other and run off to play. They have such a great time together. Today they all spent sometime looking at some old photo's together for a bit. I joined them for a while but in retrospect that was good idea.
Dinner turned out to be lovely. Lucy turned up as usual just as I was carving the chicken for a bit of the skin and a taste of meat. This seems to have become part of a ritual for her every time we have a roast. Once I had finished serving the dinner we all sat down at the table and tucked into our meal. As always Lucy kept trying take everyone’s sweet corn but we are trying hard to get her to stick to her own food which she is starting to do now. It was a great meal and loads of happy faces at the end, but there always is when Lucy is at the table.
Just as we were about to leave, Lucy was playing with Catherine in my bedroom and managed to get hold of an old bottle of Karvol from the bedside draws and was shaking it about after undoing the top. I think she thought it was perfume and managed get a drop in Catherine’s eye before she could get the bottle off her. Emily quickly stepped in and took Catherine off to the bathroom to wash out her eye while I quickly checked Lucy for damage and got her shoes on so we could quickly take her back to her mummies and get Catherine off to the hospitial.
At the hospital Catherine was a dream. Doing all the nurse asked of her without compliant as they washed out her eye several times. Karvol being oiled based is harder to get out than something that is water based so they had to check the eye was clean several times just in case some had been left behind. Thankfully there wasn’t so we avoided the 20 to 30 mile drive to the nearest Accident and Emergency. After 30 minutes of going into the Minor Injuries Unit in Oakham Hospital, most of which was spent in the treatment room, we headed off to the shops for a treats for Emily and Catherine being so good and then we all returned home to watch England play football.
It been a lovely day and the only boring thing was England playing football. I’m going to miss them all on Sunday. It is fathers Day and although I get to see Emily and Catherine in the evening I won't Lucy all day.
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