What day is it now?

We have changed our routine this week and so I have not posted for 6 days. Now with the Bank Holiday Monday and a changed childcare routine I am right out of kilter.
Things started okay last Friday as we went to the Braves Guild and were treated to the Royal Accordion Band as entertainment. There was sad news however, Peter had died during the week. He had been under treatment and had not wanted "messing about" if anything untoward happened. Whether it did or not, I'm not sure. He was 90 years old. Very sad though as he was a real gent.
The weekend being the first in the month was coffee morning and prayer breakfast. Jean S was away so I was left in charge of the book stall. The amount of books were getting beyond a joke so when we were still left with eight boxes full after the event, we took some up to Help the Aged in Anlaby. They were very grateful and will make a lot more than the 10/20p we charge per book. The rest of the stalls were much more successful and we continued to make over £100 per month for the Church funds.
On Sunday we went up to the early communion service. Rev. David was on top form. Afterwards he had to go before breakfast. We did fill all twelve chairs that I had put out and had an enjoyable and sharing breakfast. We had to rush away afterwards to make our next engagement so we did the washing up and then came home and got sorted out to go across to PARKs.
Sunday was Mums 81st birthday and Amanda had kindly invited her to join us for the family get together to celebrate Rowan and Kirsten's birthdays. We arrived just before Phil got back with Mum and Mags. Just as well he wasn't long because Kirsten was eager to open the presents that we had been all saving for the event. As usual, the kids had got loads of gifts actually on their birthdays and then these extras. They are quite disappointing if you expect a reaction because they just want to get on to the next item. Luckily we stayed a couple of days and saw Kirsten take her new umbrella to school and show it off to everybody. Both of them played with the Connect 4 game but then they were playing Mum and Dad who enjoyed it too!
The day went very well really. The weather had been forecast to be poor but it stayed fine so we had the barbecue. It wasn't sitting out weather really especially not Mum but there were enough people to be in and out. The sun shone later in the afternoon and we had scooter races down the street. Lisa and Alan had bought a replacement scooter for Rowan as his old one is showing signs of wear. It's even more worn now as Phil, Alan and I raced on it against Rowan on his new one. I'm not as competitive as the other two and managed to just keep pace with him where the other two beat him by several lengths.
Mags went home to see to the dog and then Lisa and Alan walked down to catch a train home. Barbara and Amanda took Mum home while Phil and I sat with the kids. Once they'd gone to bed, the four of us sagged in front of the box.
It was great the next morning, Bank Holiday Monday, just to get ready without the pressure of the school run. Again, we were lucky with the weather really because we had planned a picnic at Cannon Hall near Barnsley and it stayed fine until late in the afternoon so we had a great day. I was very impressed by the Hall and grounds. There isn't too much around Hull where you can go for just a couple of quid car parking and see grounds like those and a museum to boot. There are several around Leeds, Barnsley etc. We had our picnic and played with Rowans new cricket set. The day was only spoilt by dog s..t, of which there was a fair amount. Amanda and I were unlucky enough to step in it.
Tuesday was back to school and back to routine. It was slightly different being a Tuesday. The children went to school as good as gold. I cleaned up a bit and took some bottles and stuff to the tip. Barbara went round to collect Kirsten at lunchtime. Kirsten has found a great new game, jumping on dozing Grandad! I have to be caught unawares but watch out that she or I are not wounded! Tuesday is football practice afternoon so we went for Rowan a bit later and watched the game. More enthusiasm than skill from Rowan. We had tea with everyone and then came home. All in all, a very nice weekend.