Spontaneous Dinner Out

The kids were done with Sports Day at 2:30, but the school day doesn't officially end until 3:15, so all of the parents were standing around wondering what to do.  Luckily, they let the kiddos out early, so Max and I joined a couple of other kids and parents for an ice cream sundae and orange juice.  What a treat!  There were four kiddos and they all entertained each other, laughing and colouring; which meant the moms could spend a few minutes talking.

That evening B.D. had a St Paul's committee meeting, so I picked up Talia then took the kids to the library in the centre of Birmingham.  After reading loads of stories, and selecting a few to bring home (The Runaway Dinner, Handa's Hen and another Quentin Blake story) we met up with Jenny, Sophia and Ellie to graze our way through the International Food Festival.  What fun...but how expensive!  Luckily one of my old work colleagues has a stand and gave us lovely Bulgarian sausages and bread for free, then we bought a pretzel, some Italian chocolate and nougat, noodles and churros.  The weather was beautiful and the kids had a blast, and great for us moms to have them out during 'the witching hour'.  

And what a thrill to do something so spontaneously with two children!!