Family visits

This morning Little Miss Sensible took Fraulein to college again, its nice not to have to do all the driving lol. Drama Teen and Friend didn't get up till late morning - unsurprisingly as they had been up until 3am!! They baked buns at midnight!! Strange girls!! When they got up they played Disney Monopoly for a while, and then we had to drop Friend off at her house and go into town ready for Drama Teen to have her eyes tested. Little Miss Sensible took Little Prince to a cafe, while me and Drama Teen went to the opticians. I got told off as Drama Teen hadn't had a contact lens check up since last December - but if they'd have sent me a reminder letter I would have booked an appointment, as I know how important it is to take care of young eyes! They did admit that something must have gone wrong in the system as we had been allowed to carry on receiving Drama Teen's shipments of lenses, and that should have been stopped until she had had the required check up. So I'm convinced its their fault!! Her prescription has changed quite a few points, so we ordered new glasses and also booked a contact lens check up for Friday. The glasses were set to be ready at the exact same time Fraulein finished college!! So we went over to college to pick her up intending to drive straight back to town and get the glasses. As always my plans didn't happen!! Fraulein was much later finishing college than the time on her timetable, so after half an hour sat in the car waiting I left LMS there to find Fraulein and took Drama Teen and Little Prince back to the optician. The trip to the optician was quick and painless, the glasses were ready, fitted perfectly and we were away again in just a few minutes. On the way back to the car, spotted a shop which was closing down and got a really good deal on a pair of pillows that LMS needs for university - they don't provide ANY bedding, just a mattress!!!

Arrived home and fed Little Prince, who was getting grumpy because he was hungry! Then he was getting over excited because Grandma, Aunt, Uncle and four cousins were coming over to see us. Uncle had been at work fairly nearby, and taken the whole family for a day out and then over to see us on the way home. Little Prince was a bit overwhelmed when they first arrived, wanting a reassuring hug off mummy. But once he had had his hug, he felt lots better and played with his cousins for the rest of the evening. Which gave the grown ups chance to chat and catch up. The cousins seemed to love playing with all Little Prince's toys, probably because the majority of theirs were destroyed in a flooding disaster not too long ago. No, not the flooding due to the weather - flooding due to a stupid plumber who was working on their house while they were on holiday! He apparently disconnected a radiator without turning off the water, or capping off the pipe - and by the time it was discovered most of the contents of their house had been destroyed!!! I have no idea how my sister and her hubby have coped, and are still smiling!!! They are hoping (!!!) they will be straight by Christmas!!

Anyway it was quite a short notice visit, so I didn't have enough of anything in to feed everyone - so we ordered from the local take away and had it all delivered (and paid for by Aunt and Uncle's insurance company!!). Unfortunately the delivery took 40 minutes, so we (and the kids!) were all starving by the time it arrived. Even the youngest cousin made quite an impression on a pile of chips and nuggets. After tea the kids played some more, the grown ups chatted some more and then it was time for them to make their way home. They live a couple of hours away, so it was going to be a long night!! Little Prince was absolutely bog eyed by this point, so Mr Messy got him ready for bed while we said our goodbyes and I got hugs off my nephews and nieces :-) It was lovely to see them all as we don't get to see each other very often, and lovely to see how the kids played together so well :-)