Four AM this morning somebody decided he was going to get up and despite filling him up with milk and putting back in his cot, that was pretty much it. Lucky I'd bought two new Wiggles and Pepper Pig DVDs yesterday, although combined they only took us up to 0700, just in time for my driving lesson!
When I get back we do the usual saturday thing of going to the market and feeding the ducks, but as the weather is such a scorcher we tack on a picnic at the paddling pool before bed. Having thoroughly knackered ourselves out, the little monkey goes to bed and I knock up a ratatouille for dinner tonight.
The market also inspires our lunch - crisp courgette flowers and a glass of prosecco in the sun as a belated anniversary thingy. According to Bill, they're perfect for terrace dining - or eating in a sun trap city garden on the freshly-mown lawn.
The afternoon is spent in our paddling pool, pouring slightly Stizzy Mortlake Spring water onto the flowers and eating chocolate. With the monkey in bed, I leave ana with a bottle of wine whilst I head out for a quiet evening knitting and brass rubbing on Matt King's birthday/stag night part two.
Food of the Milos
Boiled egg, toast and a waffle for breakfast, babycino a packet of raisins, some cherry tomatoes and some of my sandwich for lunch, ratatouille and pasta for dinner. Oh and a chocolate mini-milk when we went to get lotto tickets. He was Brilliant today.
sources
crisp courgette flowers - Bill Granger - Holiday, p29
ratatouille - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, River Cottage Cookbook, p105
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