i had a great day today.

firstly, charles is home, and we still have episodes of THE RICHES to watch (YAY).

secondly, today was a rugby tournament. all the kids went and played.

sebastian and i stayed home in the morning, because his games didn't start until the afternoon. it was fantastic. i let him watch harry potter and we lazed around, we talked, we prayed and just took it easy. then we caught up with andrea and adam, caught the 970 and headed over to king's park in yau ma tei.

the triplets had games earlier in the day. sela had a streaming cold, and possibly should have stayed home. but instead, i got a text from charles after their first game which read, "jasper and sela scored tries! carys and ella held hands during the game." hooray for jasper and sela, and isn't it great that carys and ella caught up on their fun time.

jasper told me, "i'm not sure if i should be a football hero or a rugby hero". oh the painful choices ahead!

after liaising with our men, andrea and i took the girls and headed to the ladies' market with the girls. they were really fantastic. we looked at jewellery, they begged for toys, we bought them plsatic flowers for their rooms, and then we decided to head home. carys was complaining that her ear was hurting.

as we headed to our bus, we saw a display of ugg boots. the price was really fantastic, but with our sharp negotiating skills, we made them even better. pretty sure these come from the same factory the real ugg boots do. they were in the same packaging. we let the girls choose their own colours. carys chose beige, and although last year sela declared beige to be her favourite colour, she informed me that now she just likes the WORD and she selected BLACK ugg boots for herself. (little miss).

then we got mentos, jumped on the bus, and headed home.

home where the girls watched my little pony, andrea and i read magazines and surfed the internet, she bathed the girls while i made dinner. and then the boys came home. the seven kids ate pasta and yogurt, and the adults stood in the kitchen and demolished bread rolls hot from the oven.

we talked and laughed and then they left for our home and we put our kiddies to bed.
but first the girlie whirlies wanted to show daddy their ugg boots (which are an early birthday present).

while they were twirling around, carys started crying, and shivering.

"i'm so cold," she declared. "please may i go to bed".

charles and i took her to bed and gave her some medicine.

she was asleep before i turned out the light and when i last checked on her she was sweating. she should be okay by morning.

seb and jasper were playing around but giving jasper lovely blanket toned him down a little.

and then it was sebastian's turn. we talked a bit about the day, and how he hadn't scored a try but still played well. we prayed and i turned out their light, but kept the hall light on, because jasper said MUMMY! please! i sleep better when lights are on! and then went back to his typical pose of clutching a pillow to his chest and hooking his leg over it.

into the kitchen, wash the dishes, while charles unloaded uniforms, shoes and stuff from the day. 

recalling it, it doesn't sound very glamourous, or deserving of such joy. but for me, these days are just so very very good.