November 2

This week was made somewhat more entertaining by the fact that the tumble that Georgie and I took on the Moors resulted in a avulsion fracture of one of my fingers (that would why it hurt so much!). Basically a tendon in my finger pulled a slice of bone off my middle finger middle phalange. Fun.
Sadly I don't have an X-ray to share with you as they don't even print them anymore, just show you quickly on a screen. Nothing to take home!

Ian then departed for a rather wet Rome.

Thea played for the school Year 4 hockey team (yes, she is in year 2!) in the inter-school tournament.

She was in goal (unpadded!), and to be honest, didn't get much action. The school attackers were relentless! But it all worked well and they won! So they go through to the North Yorkshire tournament in the summer.

Here is this week's picture of enjoying York during Nathaniel's choir rehearsal. This week I mainly curled up with my book in a quiet spot in the Minster School and was serenaded with beautiful Christmas choral deliciousness (including a choir mutiny that turned the Rocking Carol very effectively into We Will Rock You).

On Sunday those of us in the country had a day of hockey tournament in the rain in Leeds. Girls in the morning, boys in the afternoon.

Again, Thea played keeper for the B team and they did very well. They came out top of their division and have been promoted to the first division above the City of York A team (if I have read the league table properly)! I was very grateful for the keepers kit, and Thea stayed warm and dry the whole day. She didn't want to take it off and spent the afternoon playing with the boys who were off the pitch.

In the afternoon, Nathaniel played for the boys B team and they did fantastically. They again met the Leeds A team who had given them such a hard match a month ago. But this time they knew how to deal with them and Nathaniel ran and ran and ran and ran. He and his fellow defender exhausted the Leeds attackers and didn't let them get anywhere. City of York really deserved their win. And so the boys B team also goes into Division 1, again (if I have read the tables properly - they are not very user friendly!), above the City of York A team!

After all the running about we needed to do some quieter things. The kids prepared for a birthday party at Laser Quest (very quiet!!), by making cards that they thought the recipient would enjoy!

And we did some wax resist painting. You can take the family out of Steiner, but not the paint from out of their fridge!