Yucky weather doesn't bother me when....

....I have good company. As I am typing this and looking out of the window, I wished the gathering had been today instead of yesterday. The sky's blue and the sun is shinning. But Adrian has to leave for a conference in Austria this afternoon so Syl and Val's families came visiting yesterday instead. Oh it would have been nice to go to a park in this mild weather and let the 4 kiddos run amok. Hmph! The weather forecast had been storm for the whole week!

Anyhow, it had been a good 9 hours - lunch at Toby Carvery (value for money English roast), visit to Windsor (too late to visit the castle by the time we reach the entrance), yummy M&S cake and tea back at my place and fish and chips for dinner. I had planned to cook nasi lemak for lunch but Adrian reminded me of my cough (which we forgot yesterday and then had fish and chips, duh!) It would be nice to make a home-cook meal for visitors but I realised that without the fuss and buzz in the kitchen, I can actually sit down and have a proper chat which was nice. The original plan had been for us 3 ladies to bake something but now come to think of it, I doubt it would work out as the 4 little ones had moments when, let's just say, weren't the best of playmates. Having said that, I have to add though that they were chasing after one another, holding hands and having a race when we were out. It must be because they were all too tired and it was way past their bedtime.

It's a pity that the other 2 families live in London, if not we can meet up more often. Sadly, Syl and her family will be heading back to Singapore this July and we'll all miss them dearly. Hope to meet up again soon!

(The sky has turned a shade of grey and the rain's here. Haha!)