All back together...

Alexandra's coach, bringing her class back from classe de neige was supposed to arrive at 18:30 in front of her school. However Desney had stopped by the school on the way home, asked the concierge if she had any news, and found out they had almost arrived. She came home and I went to the school to wait. Desney showed up about 5 minutes later and the coach arrived about 5 minutes later at 18:15. Rather than being late they were actually 15 minutes early! This was actually quite good news for us as it was freezing outside...

The kids all got off the coach and practically immediately started crying. Some were crying because they had said farewell to the counselors who had looked after them; others were crying because there parents weren't at the school waiting for them as they had arrived early; others were crying because they were so happy to be home and yet others were crying for reasons which we are not aware of.

Alexandra too was crying mostly because she was sad at leaving her counselors behind. We got her home and she went upstairs and found her birthday presents waiting for her. She actually said "thank you" for her new computer...

Jessica was out at the theatre with her class. We let Alexandra choose what she wanted to eat and it was Japanese. As it was so cold out we actually had the Japanese deliver for the first time, even though they're just around the corner, so neither Desney nor I would have to go back out.

After a few weeks of intelligent movies with a story which did not appear to please the entire family I had scoured eBay and got hold of an oldie but a goodie which I knew would appeal. Tonight we watched Tango & Cash and watched Stallone and Russell blow up most of Los Angeles while throwing out cute one-liners at each other.

Jessica got home at around 11:30 accompanied by her friend Alice who was spending the night. I think they were suprised to find that Desney was already in bed and I was suggesting they do the same. They wanted to sit up and have tea for a while. I have no idea how late they actually stayed up in Jess' bedroom but I doubt they went right to sleep... even though they have school tomorrow (10:00).