My husband Sean celebrated his birthday on 6 July. It was probably one of the coldest, wettest birthday's that he has experienced.
He worked and the boys had their last day of school. My mother in law and I headed down the M11 to Costco in Chingford to get supplies for the party on Saturday evening.
Remember that even the simplest tasks can be a pain here, and going to Costco ended up being one of those simple things that just got harder.
We grabbed all of the items that we needed and then headed to the till with a cart FULL of food. We got there and everything was rung up and packed in the cart. I handed them my American Express card to pay for my purchases and in good card fashion, my purchase was flagged. I was politely asked if I had an alternate way to pay for my purchases, which panicked me a bit. I immediately checked my email and determined that it was indeed a security flag. I was then herded to a phone with an employee. The appropriate phone calls were made and it was determined that it was indeed me making this HUGE purchase. It went through and from there it was a count down of frantic car packing to get out of there on time to get the boys, we were going to be late!
We did have in our favor that the pouring rain of the earlier morning had slacked off to a light sprinkle. I had to bring the car up to the loading area and it was there that we figured out that the back hatch of the car no longer would stay aloft on its' own. So, my mother in law held the hatch as I frantically stuffed things in the car in a semi organized manner. After we were loaded we headed up the M11 as fast as we could to grab the boys. Then we headed home to unload the car and clean the house.
My youngest son had a disco to go to later that afternoon. I delivered him to his disco and then finished some of the cleaning at home with my mother in laws help. She is really good at organizing the kids to put their things away and since it was the last day of school there was a lot of things that made there way home. I was relieved to have her handle the boys because, as she learned, it is easier to herd cats then to get my kids to clean. They did a brilliant job and the house looked fantastic!
We then went to retrieve the youngest Beary and then headed to Franco's to celebrate Sean's birthday. Franco's is the best Italian restaurant that we have found in England. It is run by an Italian that has had quite an interesting career. He worked on a cruise ship off the US West coast, along with a few other travels and he is now in England with his restaurant. We had a lovely dinner and they brought out a piece of tiramisu with a candle and sang "Happy Birthday" to Sean.
We headed home and gave Sean his gifts. He did not get many as his big request was to go to a beach, so 14 July we are heading to Greece!
Here he is with 3 of the boys checking out their gift to him, a huge jar of Jelly Bellies! Please note, these are not the preferred brand of jelly beans, Brach's are the best according to Sean's grandfather Nicholas Bagnato. But in a pinch, Jelly Bellies will do!
Sean's sister did remember how much he loves Brach's sent him a bag for his birthday. I have a feeling that it will go with us to Greece perhaps, has candy and will travel! :)
He worked and the boys had their last day of school. My mother in law and I headed down the M11 to Costco in Chingford to get supplies for the party on Saturday evening.
Remember that even the simplest tasks can be a pain here, and going to Costco ended up being one of those simple things that just got harder.
We grabbed all of the items that we needed and then headed to the till with a cart FULL of food. We got there and everything was rung up and packed in the cart. I handed them my American Express card to pay for my purchases and in good card fashion, my purchase was flagged. I was politely asked if I had an alternate way to pay for my purchases, which panicked me a bit. I immediately checked my email and determined that it was indeed a security flag. I was then herded to a phone with an employee. The appropriate phone calls were made and it was determined that it was indeed me making this HUGE purchase. It went through and from there it was a count down of frantic car packing to get out of there on time to get the boys, we were going to be late!
We did have in our favor that the pouring rain of the earlier morning had slacked off to a light sprinkle. I had to bring the car up to the loading area and it was there that we figured out that the back hatch of the car no longer would stay aloft on its' own. So, my mother in law held the hatch as I frantically stuffed things in the car in a semi organized manner. After we were loaded we headed up the M11 as fast as we could to grab the boys. Then we headed home to unload the car and clean the house.
My youngest son had a disco to go to later that afternoon. I delivered him to his disco and then finished some of the cleaning at home with my mother in laws help. She is really good at organizing the kids to put their things away and since it was the last day of school there was a lot of things that made there way home. I was relieved to have her handle the boys because, as she learned, it is easier to herd cats then to get my kids to clean. They did a brilliant job and the house looked fantastic!
We then went to retrieve the youngest Beary and then headed to Franco's to celebrate Sean's birthday. Franco's is the best Italian restaurant that we have found in England. It is run by an Italian that has had quite an interesting career. He worked on a cruise ship off the US West coast, along with a few other travels and he is now in England with his restaurant. We had a lovely dinner and they brought out a piece of tiramisu with a candle and sang "Happy Birthday" to Sean.
We headed home and gave Sean his gifts. He did not get many as his big request was to go to a beach, so 14 July we are heading to Greece!
Here he is with 3 of the boys checking out their gift to him, a huge jar of Jelly Bellies! Please note, these are not the preferred brand of jelly beans, Brach's are the best according to Sean's grandfather Nicholas Bagnato. But in a pinch, Jelly Bellies will do!
Sean's sister did remember how much he loves Brach's sent him a bag for his birthday. I have a feeling that it will go with us to Greece perhaps, has candy and will travel! :)
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