Tony worked yesterday (Saturday - there's a lot of work for them to get done before Vintage starts, so he is at work a lot at the moment) and the kids and I had a day at home. The lego game that they have been playing continued on and off all day, and I joined in several times (although I am easily distracted from it so Millie prefers to have the other kids playing too.) They have been using a duple set we borrowed from the Toy Library, which has a house, car, people and pets. They have built the house and modified the car, and the people go on adventures all over (our real) house. Our Disney Princesses, Skylanders, toy dinosaurs, other toy animals, moshlings, minecraft animals and other dolls are part of the game at various times too. Milllie created a zoo on her bed and all the people went to visit. She hid fairies and animals around the lounge room and all the people went exploring in the woods and found all the hidden creatures and took them home. We've had villains come and trap everyone (Millie likes to be the villain) and the rest of us tried to figure out ways to rescue our friends or escape ourselves. At one point I was able to tidy the kitchen and do some cooking while I played - I made roasted almond butter and then used it as a potion to un-evilise all the bad guys, it was quite fun.
The kids also played outside for a while, drew some plans for something, watched minecraft videos on YouTube, played a new Minecraft Adventure Map on the computer, and played with our new camping chairs.
I did a fair bit of cooking, making the almond butter (I hadn't done it like this before, I'd always used raw almonds - it is amazingly delicious) and then roasted almond slice - also amazing. I wanted to keep eating it and eating it, although I think next time I'll use less honey, it was a bit sweet for me. I didn't actually eat a lot although it felt like it, each piece is so nutty and filling that a few slices did fill me up. The girls and I made cookies and used the new cookie cutters they got for christmas to make lions and giraffes which actually have their markings on them, that was a lot of fun. In the evening I used the left over sausages from the night before to make a yummy curried sausage dish, one of my favourites.
Tony didn't get home from work until after 5 so he was pretty exhausted. We'd had the cricket on (last day of the 4th test) for most of the afternoon and he was home in time to watch the end of the match, I joined him for that and it was quite exciting, with Australia in with a chance to win until the end (it was a draw). He played Terraria with LiAM for a little while then we had tea and he went for a bike ride with Caitlin around the dam. LiAM went with them on foot, Millie and I continued the lego game. Once everyone was home we watched the 2014 movie version of Les Miserables (with Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter, all actors that the kids know and love from favourite movies). Tony and I had seen it at the movies, the kids hadn't seen it at all. It was interesting watching it again, after being so immersed in Les Mis over the past several months (seeing the stage show twice, the 10th anniversary concert on DVD twice, going to the page to stage exhibition, and listening to the soundtrack countless times). I hadn't realised that they had changed the order of some of the songs in the movie - it flowed well, but was different. I also paid a lot more attention to the set and really felt like it looked like the pictures I'd seen at the exhibition, the depiction of the barricades scenes seemed accurate. I was impressed again by Marius, this version is probably my favourite Marius of all the ones I've seen. Eponine was great too, and Hugh Jackman was awesome as Valjean. It's been a while since all 5 of us have watched a movie together and it was a lovely way to end the evening, the kids cuddled up to us on the couch, joining in the songs and lots of discussion about the story and the different ways it was portrayed. Caitlin even picked out one of the small part actors as someone she'd seen in a Harry Potter movie - I looked it up and she was right! I love the attention to detail the kids employ when watching movies/tv and playing games.
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