Winding Down.

Another late night meant a late morning. Superman and the children were left to their own devices as I went off to work.

They spent the morning around the house, Cat Girl playing with her Christmas toys and Boy Wonder played with his remote control car. After lunch they went out to the park with their scooters. They played for a while, Boy Wonder played football with a boy from school who was also at the park. Superman said that it was very cold and windy so after a while they left to come home.

When I arrived home we went out to the furniture shop as planned. Boy Wonder loves this shop as it smells of 'fresh wood' as he calls it. We ordered what we needed for our bedroom and got a courtesy bottle of leather cleaner for the dining room chairs that we had the previous year! How generous :-)

We went on to Matlock Bath and took the children to the arcade and then the chip shop. Boy Wonder played on the motor bike racing and then the air hockey. We attempted to teach him about the 2p machines and that you put money in and then all the rest that you won in so that you were left with nothing. He didn't get that! Cat Girl played on a pink ambulance racing game and then had a ride on Scoot from Bob The Builder.

After a chippy tea we headed home and settled down. Superman said that Boy Wonder had seemed subdued today. We thought this may be post Christmas blues after all the anxiety and build up. Superman engaged him for a short while in his Top Gear books before bed.

It wasn 't long before Boy Wonder was back downstairs saying that he was feeling unwell but didn't know why. We found something to watch, Home Alone and he settled down on my lap. An advert came on for American Football. Boy Wonder explained that the Americans play football like that as they are afraid of getting hurt, not like English footballers! Bless him!

We stoked the fire and ate Christmas cake whilst Superman went out for a belated Christmas drink with his brother and Cat Girl slept.