On tuesday we're off up to visit Grand-dad Jim who is again quite poorly. We plan to also stop in at Llanfairpwyll to see the trains and friends who own a craft shop there. So,thats the major part of our week blown out of the proverbial window! Alexander has been baking again,he has made an orange drizzle cake (this was quite a thing for Alexander because he had to think on his feet ie we had run out of lemons but he didnt realise until he was well into the mixing process so when he said to me I said that if a lemon is a citrus fruit then is there another citrus in the kitchen he could use as a substitute,and he tried the orange) which was delicious,he has also made a triple layered chocolate cake with buttercream. Very nice. Alexander has been attacking my sewing machine again and is measuring and planning in preparation for making his bedspread. We are reading Sherlock Holmes at the moment and discussing what the social norms were at the time (made evident through the use of drugs by Holmes etc) and what are the norms today. This is proving to be a complicated subject area as it covers such a wide spread. We have also been talking about why disciplines such as Psychology are inexact subjects because humans are contrary!! Digestion and allergies have been an interesting subject too because Nicholas (now just on 9 months old) is weaning at the moment and because we make our won baby foods,Alexander was interested in how to tell if and what is causing any unwanted reactions. We have also been back on the subject of the Moon landings since we managed to get hold of an original Commemorative Lunar Landings Newspaper - this has also added to our discussions on social norms. Otherwise we have had a house full of family friends which has been nice,as I type,Alexander is being taught how to make a curry in a traditional Sri Lankan way. Smells fab!!