Entertaining ourselves

One of the most exciting aspects of spending time together has been discovering the forms of entertainment we gravitate towards. I have a great interest in games. Neil has a large collection of Killer Bunnies, and I have owned a copy, but had not had the opportunity to learn and play the game. We played Killer bunnies twice with the neighbors while Neil visited, and it was very enjoyable. We also played Uno, Pop Belly, Top Trumps, Guess Who, and Carcassone with Michael. We added Monty Python Fluxx to our collection and had two riotess nights of playing together. I introduced Neil to Settlers of Catan, and Memoir 44, and we found that when we had some extra time on our hands we were both quite keen to play a quick game.

We also got to spend some time watching some TV. Neil shared Xmen with me, and I really liked it and look forward to seeing the last episode. We watched a few British comedy series (Monty Python and League of Gentlemen ) and I couldn't get enough of the characters. We browsed comics, made dinners, listened to music and talked (as usual). You can see some clips of League of Gentlemen on the right hand column youtube link.

We also had a lot of fun playing Rock Band. We each took turns at singing, drums, and guitar.

Neil is back in the UK now and there are a few busy weeks ahead of both of us before I am visiting over Christmas. I am really excited about the visit and probably will not be posting til sometime while I am there.

Past four days

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with our neighbors. Originally, we were going to my Aunts house, but as luck would have it my car broke down on Wednesday night. The lower ball joint cracked, making it undrivable. So that made our plans much more localized and that was okay, because the Al, Karen, Daniel and their gang are really fun people. We had Turkey, ham, stuffing, little onions, green beans and SO MUCH MORE! Neil was delighted with his very first taste of Key Lime pie. Key Limes are specific to the Florida Keys, they are very tasty and make a great pie. We played Killer Bunnies and Ticket to ride before heading home with a crying, tired little boy.

On Friday, we had Batman day. Batman day started with a letter from Batman Himself and a few presents! Mike read the letter from Batman and then opened the presents. Mike got two Batman lego sets and a Batman watch and Bat signal. He was very very pleased with his Batman gifts. It was the best day of his life!

On Saturday, we took a walk to Laura's pancake house and had some late breakfast, stopped at the fishmarket and grabbed some lobster for dinner. We went to the mall on Sunday and did several laps around it. We played some Monty Python Fluxx, Uno, Carcassonne, and Guess Who over the weekend as well.

Beaches and Batman

On Saturday Neil arrived. It happened to be the coldest day of the year so far, with temperatures below freezing and a biting wind. Needless to say, we were very excited to finally see him!

I have been anticipating with great excitement Neil's first taste of pumpkin pie, and he has decided that he quite likes it. He was also very happy with my banana bread, which is a great thing because I like making it a lot.

On Sunday we took a walk in the morning. We walked down Bay Avenue and stopped at Veterans Park for Michael to play while we sat and had coffee/hot chocolate. It is a nice little park, and the weather was much milder on Sunday. Afterwards we did a bit of shopping, on the neverending quest to find Lego Batman sets. No luck. We stopped at Amy's Restaurant for lunch, had burgers, (Mike had chicken) and headed home before going to Al and Karen's, house for a dinner of chinese dumplings and a night of Faces and Rock Band. We had a great time singing and playing and rushed home to get Mike's bath in before bedtime.

Monday Mike was back at school, so Neil and I spent the day together before collecting him at 1pm. We went to Target and got a great deal on some shoes and a pair of Batman pajama's for Neil. At 2:15 we had a parent teacher conference, and Michael is doing quite well in school. Afterwards we picked up Daniel and went down to the beach for some outdoor playtime (Brrrr!!!!!) They had fun writing in the sand with sticks, running, jumping and skipping rocks.

Today we dropped Mike at school, went shopping again! FOUND Lego Batman sets!!! Checked out the comic store, had a diner breakfast, did our shopping and collected Mike.