Family day

Clocks went back for an extra hour in bed. It had clearly been a cold night as the underfloor heating was on when the Gorse Fox came down this morning. Jasper was snuggled up in the lounge and had no intention of moving. Coffee kickstarted the day but breakfast would have to wait.

We had arranged to meet up with Urban-Cub and Pistol Pete at Haskins for breakfast. We timed it to perfection, pulling into the car park just as they were getting Ellie out of the car. We wandered in together and queued fo our breakfast. Ellie tucked in to scrambled eggs and baked beans while the rest of us went for bacon, sausage and eggs. She was finished first so Grandpa took her for a roam around the store while everyone else finished their breakfast.

She was intrigued by the various displays, but most of all by the other little children who were around. Despite staring ant them and smiling, she wouldn't say hello even when prompted. The Gorse Fox did manage to coax her onto Santa's chair - briefly.

Eventually she tired of the dipoles and headed back to see Urban-Cub and Pistol Pete.  We finished up and then together roamed round some more. The Silver Vixen had a present and car to find and Urban-Cub and Cousteau-Cub were just interested in what was on display.

From Haskins we moved on to another store where Urban-Cub had some curtains to collect, then back to their house so that the Silver Vixen could help her get the pleats right as the curtain were hung. This turned out to be a bit more fiddly than expected, but the finished result looks very nice.

We left Cousteau-Cub with Urban-Cub and Pistol Pete for the rest of the afternoon and the Gorse Fox will collect her later.