Jack & I made Xmas cards yesterday… well – we made drawing & scanned them into the computer & fiddled about. By the end of the evening I had actually got what was in my head down onto paper – which I was quite pleased about. Printed off a couple & left them there. Was late to bed though – although falling asleep with Jack as I tried to get him off to sleep offset this. He didn’t seem able to ‘switch off’ last night – a few stories & so forth & he still did not seem relaxed, so had to do the, “OK it’s time to turn the light out now” thing. We rested & he chatted a bit about this & that… The attic in his house, I think; he has his own imaginary house & boys & a whole town for that matter. I drifted off to sleep & awoke a little later – I would normally be free to leave the room at this stage, but as I moved, so did Jack – uh-oh, caught. Sheepishly: “I was just, um checking you were OK”. Back to snoozing & it was already late before I stirred again.. Still, I got what I wanted done (the cards). I just have to print a load out & try to sort out the other designs as well (already done, but how to assemble…). Didn’t get anything done in the attic for the 2nd night in a row… but – well – what the heck – If I’m not back up there tonight it will be tomorrow.
Eve was over tired yesterday & was in a mess of tears at bathtime – completely a mess. Louise managed to get her to bed & start reading to her, & suddenly she starts to perk up again, coming to see what Jack is doing in the bath & messing about laughing & all that. Suddenly she’s a bundle of energy again – not able to sit still & preferring to sit up to be read to rather than lie down. She did succumb to sleep eventually without too much fuss. She has been, on the whole in a really jolly mood of late.


I resisted telling Louise I had managed to do the cards last night, so that when she came downstairs this morning & saw them she was pleasantly surprised & was pleased with the way they looked – which made me chuffed :)