Has it really been a whole week?

We have been enjoying grandma's visit so much, and the week has just flown by!  Here is a run-down of what we've done in the last 7 days:

Friday:  We went to Water's Edge and fed the ducks.  We also picked a few of the early blackberries--yum!  Then, when Martin had gone to work, we picked strawberries and raspberries.  Amy came over for dinner, and mom tried Eton Mess for the first time.  She loved it!

Saturday:  London was looking too expensive, plus Edith's chicken pox (oh yeah, she got them!) were really bad.  So we stayed closer to home and took a little day trip to York.  We went to the National Railway Museum and the Museum Gardens.  Mom took a walk through the Shambles and the little open air market they have up there.  Then it was home and a very competitive game of Scrabble (Martin won).

Sunday:  Martin and Edith stayed at home (those darn chicken pox), and mom and I took Dylan in to church.  Then we came home and had a bbq.

Monday:  Big greasy full English fry-up at Barney's Cafe du Chauffer, then a trip to Normanby Hall.  Martin golfed while the ladies and kids saw the walled garden, the butterfly garden, the living willow tunnels, the ducks, the Hall, the formal garden, and loads of peacocks.  Then it was off to the in-laws, for surf and turf.  Delicious!

Tuesday:  Dylan had a hospital appointment in Grimsby (they are putting him on the waiting list for his "cosmetic" surgery on his testicles) so we all went in to town.  Then we got cheap fish and chips and ate them in the People's Park in Grimsby.  After the kids were in bed, Mom and I went in to Scunthorpe to book club.

Wednesday:  We all went over the bridge to The Deep.  A good time was had by all.  Sadly, Wednesday night is my housekeeping night so mom had to help me clean the kitchen and bathroom.  But we did have a re-match of Scrabble (she beat me).

Thursday:  We took the kids to breakfast and books at the local children's centre, and then mom took the bus (all by herself) to Beverley to look at the archives for the Anglican church in Hull.  She wanted to do a little family history, and it was a fruitful trip.  She made it back just in time for bedtime prayers, and we had a quiet night together.

And here we are at Friday--already!  Today we are going to wander around Barton, then take the kids swimming and have a picnic at Baysgarth park.  This afternoon we will pop over to Brigg to go to the garden centre.  Mom wants to buy Dylan some sand for his sandbox for his birthday, and he wanted to take her there to see the fountains.  This evening Dylan and his grandma will have their movie party up in her room, and she is going to attempt to have him sleep in with her.  Good luck with that!

We have been going like crazy since mom got here, and I am completely exhausted.  We don't normally go out and do something every day.  But it's so nice to have company, and Monday is looming.  I don't want my mom to go home yet!