Mother’s day is a day that involves the mother of the family lounging around, while her children prepare food and her husband plies her with wine. Well that is how mothers day seems to have been for my mum, and yesterday was no exception. I guess that my main mistakes have been firstly to have only one child and secondly to have only a son. Still I have acquired a very nice perennial type plant to put into my newly cleared front garden (though I need to go and buy several more to stop it looking too lonely), when it is planted I will post a picture here so that teen son knows how much I appreciate my gift (and I do actually).

So yesterday I cooked lunch for 9 members of my family, then we all headed off to Roller City for my niece’s birthday party. Her parents had booked the whole place for 2 hours, and invited her whole class of 8 year olds, and a few of her brother’s 12 year old friends, many arrived with their parents, so the place was pretty busy. I decided that I should join in, but soon came to regret this decision and have the bruises to prove it. There were many minor injuries, and I realised why I never encouraged such dangerous parties for teen son when he was young enough for such things. The main casualty though was my other niece who is 13 today and celebrated it in her local accident and emergency department being xrayed for a fractured humerus!

Teen son announced last night that he is to tone up his apparently long but puny body, this will involve regular (daily perhaps) circuit exercises he has got off the internet (they are always saying that the internet is a dangerous place for the young!) and a healthy diet. I have spent a lot of time trying to encourage healthy eating and suddenly he is going to eat more fruit and less fat of his own free will! A friend asked if a girl is on the scene; well I haven’t noticed one, but I guess it is only a matter of time! The up side could be that she might cook me food on mothers day!