We don’t have anything deep, meaningful or profound to share with you today. My kids and I have taken a trip to visit Jess, so we’re theoretically having a ‘holiday’.
On Saturday night, after finally getting all the kids down and asleep, Jess and I managed to escape the house on our own and hit the town! Well, we hit a cafe anyway. But for us mums, we may as well have been out partying until the early hours. As it was, it was nearly 10pm when we sat at the cafe by the harbour and had our drinks (strong stuff too, I might add).
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Jess enjoying her hot chocolate |
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Me being slightly more adventurous, a cappuccino … decaf, of course |
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See, it’s nearly 10pm!! |
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Shared gelato for dessert |
We didn’t want the fun to end too quickly, so we also enjoyed a nice stroll along the harbour before we got home at about 11pm. We are such party animals!
Never mind that Jess’ daughter proceeded to cry half the night, and today both my girls have got temperatures. Our little outing was just want we needed to relax and rejuvenate. Praise God for these little pleasures 🙂

Helen is a strange combination of fiction editor and web strategist. That’s because she loves fiction and the internet – and analytics! A former business analyst and IT support manager, Helen now spends her time parenting her three children as well as running her editing and web agency businesses. As a book reviewer and fiction editor, her one true love and specialty is Christian romance fiction.
Good on you, girls. Looks like fun. I hope your daughters are all OK now.
Hi Paula,
Thanks! It turns out that my daughter had some kind of reaction to either mango or too many strawberries and she got hives and Helen's girls ended up with ear infections! They are all on the mend now thanks Paula 🙂
Jess 🙂