Got up and brushed my teeth - big mistake, morning sickness gets instantly worse when retching over the sink because the toothpaste tastes yucky!!
I sorted out some pocket money for Natalie and Hermionie to take out with us today. We walked down the road and waited for the carnival parade to appear, Natalie took some photos and made a new friend (who goes to her old school!) while we watched the parade go by.
We walked up to field following the carnival procession and had a look round. It’s quite sad I remember when I was younger, the carnival used to be held on the bigger field near us and it used to fill it up, it’s now on a field not 1/10th it’s size and they struggle to get anything other than carbooters. 
Natalie did a coloring competition, looked at the rescue greyhounds. Nan&GDadP turned up (they got stuck in traffic ‘cos of carnival 
). NanP spoiled kids - Natalie adding to her original Polly Pocket Collection & Hermionie got her own four-poster cot for her babies.
We looked at the carboot stuff and then moved onto the School Fayre (Natalie’s Old School) - sadly not as good as last year - the heaven’s opened and there was a downpour complete with thunder and lightening.
I picked up some books for the kids (I managed to get a good copy of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar‘ - there’s a great resource for this and other favourite books, including ‘Dear Zoo‘ at Kizclub). Alex won a bottle of whiskey for 50p (guess I won’t be drinking that ’til February then! - Alex doesn’t like whiskey - he’s a wine lover!)
Natalie went off and played with her old friends, including the ones she sees at Brownies - she was extremely happy running about her old school with her friends (who all miss her 
) Alex wondered whether she should be at school? Natalie would not! I think it was more about the fact that she knew she wouldn’t be sat on that cold hard floor in the hall come Monday morning, not able to talk freely to her friends!
We all sat down and ate some lovely cakes, Hermionie has been big with the NanP love today, I’ve hardly had a look-in 
. Natalie was supposed to go to a brownies bbq this afternoon, but we deceided against it because it was pi**ing it down raining and also Natalie found that A wouln’t be going so now she didn’t want - the rain was just convenient 
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All got back to our house in the rain for tea and some lunch - GDadP took his usual position on the sofa with the DS Lite (I shall have to try and find NanP a new one of her own!) Natalie played more ‘Barbie Horse Adventures’ on PS2 (she’s progressing quite well on this game, without any help from me!), Natalie and Hermionie both spent some time reading books I bought, including this one and playing with their news toys.
Alex has been sorting out eBay, there was more rain, I napped (for 2 hrs!!). Nan&GdadP left and kids were attempting to eat their dinner. We all watched Doctor Who and Confidential - 5/5 (can’t see how they’re going to play it?), Hermionie put herself to bed (ahhh!). Alex & I tidied the kids rooms, listened to Glastonbury for a bit on BBC3.
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