It was with much excitement, on the 18th May, that I was off to see my brother and his family again in Derbyshire
for a weekend.
I travelled up by train on Friday after work and was met at the station by my brother and my little niece and nephew (who were fast asleep in the back of the car).
Once they put the little ones to bed, I had a nice evening chatting to Richard and Sharon (poor Sharon spent a lot of the evening finishing up an assignment which was due the next day).
The next morning Richard and I walked Kai and Sian to the shopping area of Ilkeston. It was market day and we walked around the stalls a little looking at all the t
hings for sale.
We stopped at the fruit and vegetable stall which smelt wonderful, just like lots of summer fruits and bought some vegetables and, you guessed it, fruit.
Then it was off to the butchers to buy meat for the barbeque/braai that evening.
Richard recently acquired a barbeque Weber, and is an avid braai-er now :-)
We visited the Ilkeston Library which has just re-opened after some rewiring and got lots of books for Kai and Sian. (Kai spent the rest of the weekend making me read these books to him, he really loves having stories read to him.)
for a weekend.I travelled up by train on Friday after work and was met at the station by my brother and my little niece and nephew (who were fast asleep in the back of the car).
Once they put the little ones to bed, I had a nice evening chatting to Richard and Sharon (poor Sharon spent a lot of the evening finishing up an assignment which was due the next day).
The next morning Richard and I walked Kai and Sian to the shopping area of Ilkeston. It was market day and we walked around the stalls a little looking at all the t
hings for sale.We stopped at the fruit and vegetable stall which smelt wonderful, just like lots of summer fruits and bought some vegetables and, you guessed it, fruit.
Then it was off to the butchers to buy meat for the barbeque/braai that evening.
Richard recently acquired a barbeque Weber, and is an avid braai-er now :-)
We visited the Ilkeston Library which has just re-opened after some rewiring and got lots of books for Kai and Sian. (Kai spent the rest of the weekend making me read these books to him, he really loves having stories read to him.)
Unfortunately the heav
ens opened up on us halfway on the walk home and I could see Sharon’s horrified face, when we all walked in, sopping wet resembling drowned rats with our shopping bags.Luckily by evening, the rain had cleared and we were able to have a good old South African braai/barbeque with hunks of the best rump I’ve had in ages and ages, a huge salad with everything in it, homemade bread and a glass of wine. Yum, yum!
The next morning we hit the road and went to the Derbyshire Dales and had a walk in the countryside.
Kai and Sian really loved the long grass and rolled about giggling and shouting. It was very cute to see.
Sian has started using my name when she talks to me in her baby babble with words here and there. Unfortunately as my name is a bit of a mouthful, she’s abbreviated it a little and calls me ‘Day’. She kept calling me the whole weekend in her cute little baby voice, as well as pointing at me and saying ‘Day’ and smiling.
Her other favourite words are meow-meow when seeing pictures of a cat and saying what they sound like, and ‘raison’ (she was eating them at the time).
Picture 1: Richard, Kai and Sian running down a hill in Ilkeston on Market Day
Picture 2: A view on our walk of the Derbyshire Dales
Picture 3: Sharon and Kai on our walk
Picture 4: Me and Sian, also on the walk
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