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Thursday - Scratchy took the morning off so I could go to get the necessaries for Barney’s party without having to drag five children along; I went to Makro and he went to Lidl and between us we stocked up In the afternoon, I made pizza dough in the breadmaker, planning to put it in the refrigerator overnight and make a second batch on Friday, but it turned out that we’d been so busy stocking up for the party, we’d forgotten to buy anything we could eat for dinner - so we made pizza It worked out well though, because the crust was a bit thick (still good! just thick LOL) so I figured instead of making two pizzas from one batch of dough, I’d roll it thinner and make three

Friday - the kids woke up and yelled that it had snowed and I looked out the window and went “Pah! You call that snow???” (too many Canadian winters, you see). We did some schooly stuff in the morning - times tables, French, symmetry for George and mental arithmetic for Freddy. We also had a good talk about keeping our brains connected when we’re feeling like we might get out of control and hit each other (bet you can’t figure out what brought that on…), and did a tidy-up of the house. I did think of mopping the kitchen floor, but decided that it would be a huge waste of time. We made three more batches of pizza dough.

Friday night - well, you can read about the party in the previous post. It was very good Some parents were taking the opportunity to go shopping, so we had quite a few of the kids for most of the day. Eventually we only had three extra children here, and their mum and dad showed up about 4.30. I’d thought, about 4 pm, that they weren’t going to want to go home and cook, so decided to make yet more pizza (with there still being no groceries available LOL) Then I realised, as I started putting stuff in the breadmaker, that I’d used the last of the yeast, so had too google for a yeast-free dough recipe. It worked very well though - different to the one containing yeast, but still very yummy. Scratchy dug some Indian appetizers out of the bottom of the freezer, and we had caesar salad, so it was quite a feast in the end. We also finished off the birthday cake, having stuck some more candles in it and sung Happy Birthday to Scratchy - yep, his birthday is two days after Barney’s. Our friends left about 8.30 pm, and we decided to fall into bed early and leave the clean-up until today.

So…today we cleaned up We cleaned every room in the house, and the place is now spotless. Did a late lunch, a light dinner, and chased everyone to bed, and since then I’ve been ebaying like a fiend, trying to sort out some Christmas pressies. Think I’m heading to bed soon myself though!