Tuesday

I had a day off work on Tuesday to spend the day with my neice Martha, who fell of her sledge about 2 weeks ago, and is now in a Splendiferous pink Plaster that encases all of her leg and her hip, and will do so for a total of 6 weeks.

As it was Shrove Tuesday (aka Pancake day) it seemed only sensible that Martha and I make pancakes. We had chatted about it a few days before, and she had gone off into a delerious dream world imagining loads and loads of golden syrup pancakes!!

So.. we made pancake batter, did some spellings, which she really does not like (I hope she now knows how to spell "Knife" and "Evil" as the Evil Aunty Anna kept making her practice them lol) We even discussed what "Consistency" meant in relation to the batter. We added more and more flour until it reached the Consistency of cream.

After some fun it was time for a hair wash. Now, with a leg and hip in plaster, and being in a wheelchair this isnt very easy, and the young lady hates having her hair washed. Martha did her best to escape from the kitchen, but only managed to wheel herself into the hall. There are various disadvantages of trying to escape whilst in a wheelchair (thats from Marthas perspective.. from mine it was a definate advantage cause I took her back to the kitchen with minimal effort)

With aid of a washing up bowl of water, a few towels and a mug, I managed to soap up her hair without too many complaints. At one point the bowl of water, that was balancing on the handles of the wheelchair slipped, and the floor got an unexpected soaking!! I was told off for saying

"Oh Flip"

which in the world according to Miss Martha is very rude!!!!!!

I rinsed Marthas hair, brushed it, again under some protest, then mopped the floor. I'm glad its a stone floor!!

After a visit from a lady to arrange some home schooling for the time Marth is pinkly plastered, we went for a walk/roll to a local park, and discussed Cholera and Queen Victoria. There is a monument in the park to many hundreds of people who died of this horrible disease. We looked Cholera up on Wiki when we got back, and decided it was rather a nasty thing to have.

After pancakes for lunch (Martha was in golden syrup heaven) Thomas, (my little bro, her dad) Martha and I set off for the Childrens Hospital which is accessible by a bus that kneels down for wheelchairs etc.

It was such a looong wait to be seen, but after an X-ray, we could see that the poorly leg is healing well, and the Dr was very pleased with how things are going.

I had to rush off as soon as we got home which was a shame, but Douglas was not feeling the best, and appreciated being picked up from work and taken home.

It was a lovely day, and I look forward to the next one in about 2 weeks time! I wonder what we will get up to then :-)