Dungeons, faces and a small amendment

With Eddie away on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico (as you do) at the weekend I was looking for a day out with the kids, and decided to do number 15, which was Chloë's request - a trip to York Museum. A drive and a bus ride later (and that sounds way quicker, simpler and more pleasant than it actually was) we were there and once in, I was so glad I'd put it on the list as Chlo was so excited to show me everything she'd seen on her school trip there last spring, as was Benjy. They loved the Victorian schoolroom and the dressing up section, I loved the old toys, Erin loved running in the opposite direction to the rest of us. I also loved this bit:

Later the same weekend I started on drawing faces. This was my first attempt. I was really impressed with myself until I showed Benjy and Chloë and they both concluded these were rubbish! Which I guess they are... but they're more than I could do this time last week.

An update on no chocolate week. It wasn't hard at all. I barely noticed it. I realise that I could challenge myself further by doing it again, for longer... but I'm not going to!

And lastly, I showed my 40to40 list to my father-in-law who suggested swapping one of my nights of reading instead of watching TV, to listening to classical music. This is a great idea. Not least because I'm usually ironing which does make reading rather tricky, but also because I'm often too tired to read, and because when I was ill at the start of my pregnancy with Erin and was too poorly to read, I started listening to classical music and really enjoyed it. So that's a small amendment to my list.