Misty Morning, Autumn Leaves And Rainbow Cake Our Weekly Photos – Week 45

It’s been a bit of an up and down week since last week’s weekly post with some illness in the household. How has your week been?

Last weekend Tyler went to ice-skating on Friday night. He didn’t have football on Saturday morning so made the most of it by going with his friends. I got some really good feedback from the literary agent working on my Preparing for Submissions course, so I was pleased about that. One step closer.

We got a bit of a long lie on Saturday, but Lucas and I were up and out for a contact lens teaching session for him. He is getting a bit closer each time, but still not there. His prescription is long-sighted and not ideal, but he wants to keep going. Let me tell you a funny thing, well now it is, I went to New Look to try on a jacket. I ended up getting stuck in it as the zip burst. I was panicking and had to get Lucas to help me out of it. Honestly, what a nightmare. The afternoon we took Aria swimming and Lucas went to friends. I wasn’t feeling too hot and while Aria, Tyler and I were watching The Grinch I fell asleep. I’ve never done that before.

Sunday morning we went to watch Lucas play football. He scored and had a great game despite it being very muddy, they went on to win. I still wasn’t feeling great and neither was Aria and Lucas. She still wanted to go to gymnastics, but we all went to bed when we came home.

It was a wet and misty morning on route to football and I passed the sight above from the car, I had to stop and take the photo. It really sums up the word dreich for our Scottish weather, but even when miserable, it still looks beautiful, don’t you think?

On awaking Monday morning, I wasn’t feeling great, sore throat and sore head all down one side. Lucas and Aria weren’t feeling well. They both stayed home with my Mum while I went to work. Tyler wasn’t feeling too hot but went to school. Aria didn’t move off the couch all day. Poor Tyler went to football himself and it was a fight to get Lucas to stay home and rest, but he did. I did the last evening of my Preparing for Submission writing course. It’s been a great course and I’m going to miss it, I’ve learned a lot in just a few weeks.

Tuesday, Lucas went back to school. Tyler had a school trip to a victorian school, transport museum and tall ship. He had the best time, but when I picked him up from school he’d told me how terrifying the Victorian school was and the fact they had the belt. He did like the way they taught him to right there. I explained I too was terrified when I went there in Primary school. It was nice to hear all about it. I dropped him off and went to get Lucas for another contact lens teaching session. We were a bit early so we went for some coffee, tea for him and some cake. I had the rainbow cake above, doesn’t it look fab? It tasted great too. A nice wee treat and a blether with Lucas before another go at the lenses. That evening we went out to watch the local fireworks display. We got some chips to each and watched them from the warmth of a car. It is a tradition of ours and one we all enjoy.

Wednesday, Aria was feeling a bit better and wanted to go back to school. When she came home she couldn’t wait to tell me about a ring she was given from a wee boy in her class that loved her. How sweet. Let’s hope it’s not some family heirloom. This made me smile after the longest meeting in history at work. Ok, slight exaggeration, but it felt that way. We captured a perfect autumn leaf as Aria told me. We had to take a picture in the one above. Autumn leaves falling in their pretty colours are just the best.

Work has been long and busy this week. Still, lots going on behind the scenes. And I’ve not felt great this week, headaches, sore throat, etc. On Thursday evening, it was Tyler’s high school open evening. He got to go round some of the classes, hear from teachers and try out some new things. It was lovely to see him there and he really enjoyed it too. It was quite late when we got home, both tired and Aria was sound asleep.

And now we are back on Friday. It’s a nice day outside, the sun is shining, but so cold I had to scrape the inside of my car windscreen before dropping the kids at school and me off to work. I am so glad it’s the weekend. What are your plans?