I've had a really good week  Been busy as usual but i did manage to fit some fun and laughter into the week

TUESDAY - Edinburgh residents recieved the results of the transport referendum. The city council proposed to bring road tolls to the Capital, much the same as the ones in operation in London, and the people of Edinburgh had the chance to vote yes or no the the councils proposal. Two thirds of those who voted said no to the councils plans so Edinburgh will not introduce road tolls next year.

We had a good deal of snow overnight so woke up to a beautiful white city. It was the first day back to school for the kids but they wanted to stay home and play. I wasn't having any of it though and sent them all to school  We all had fun walking through the deep snow to school but i was soaking wet by the time i got home. After school i took them all along to the end of our street where we have a big field that the kids play on. We had snowball fights, slid down the hill on the sledge and made snow angels. It was such good fun. Again we were all soaked when we came home so the warm house, hot chocolate and clean dry pjamas were very much welcomed by us all.

WEDNESDAY - More snow overnight so it was another wet walk to school and another evening playing in the snow. The kids built a snowman in the front garden after an hour of snowball fighting and sledging.

I spent most of the day in Louise's room. It is her birthday on Monday and we are getting her a new workstation for her room. I had to move her bed and wardrobe around a little but i am happy with the way it is now.

Louise got her school report and options sheet from school. Her report was great, as always, with almost all the teachers recommending her to take their course next year. Her choises so far are to take standard/credit grade Maths, English, French, Biology, History, Art and Design and drama. She has one more block to choose from but she is having a hard job finding one she would like to do, poor thing. I have advised her to speak to guidance staff at school about her little problem so they are going to speak to her on Monday. I really feel she is to young to be taking her options now, she is only 12 (untill monday) but most of the other 2nd year students are turning 14 this year. The reason for the age gap is that Louise is a leap year baby. The entry date for school happened to fall on her birthday so Martin and i were given the option to send Loiuse to school or keep her at nursery for her second year. We were advised to send her to school because she was more than capable of doing the work. She is still more than capable of doing the work and is in the top group for most of her classes but i can't shake this feeling that i have pushed her into all these hard desicions when i could have kept her at nursery lke all the other kids. I guess thats just my protective mother streak coming through

THURSDAY - There was still a covering of snow on the ground but no new snowfall today. It did rain which meant a lot of slushy mess on the roads.

I moved the furniture around in Suzanne and Caitlin's bedroom so we could get some shelving on the walls to accomodate the ever increasing collection of books they have. The birthday prezzies i ordered for Louise arrived and i was so relieved they got here on time. It was a quiet evening in front of the TV which was much needed after the cold nights in the snow.

FRIDAY - After dropping the kids off at school i went into town to get the last of Louise's birthday things. The kids are all home at lunch time on Fridays so they tidied the bedrooms while i recovered from the shopping trip. Man! I hate shopping.  

It was another quiet night of colouring in with the little ones, playing games and watching TV. I discused Louise's options with her a little more. We went through all the course material for the subjects she has already chosen and went through the choises in the block she is struggling with. I think she has it narrowed down to Physics and Italian but that could all change by tomorrow

Which brings us to today....I have spent the day cleaning up, trying to think of what to do for Louise's birthday cake and doing the usual mommy things....Martin has been working and is now getting a friend to have another look at the PC with a mind of it's own. He thinks the problem may finally have been figured out but i will wait untill he comes home with a woring PC before i get excited about it.  We have thought we had it fixed before and been dissapointed so i don't want to get my hopes up. My fingers are well and truly crossed though.

For the rest of the evening i am going to relax and read my book. I have to get the kids off to bed first but that shouldn't take long. They have been using up their energy all day and should be worn out by now. Then again, my kids never seem to run out of energy

I will bid you all a good night/day and wish you a fantastic weekend.

Love and peace,

Michelle