Sweet Repose

Friday evenings are usually the most relaxing and restful for us. It signifies the end of yet another typical crazy and hectic week, not just for us working adults and parents, but increasingly for the Bees as well, especially during term time. 

I usually take the opportunity to play board games with the Bees on Friday nights, so I have this penchant to name Friday evenings as "Friday Game Nights". Board games are excellent homelearning activities! We would indulge in anything from Monopoly Junior to Blokus to UNO to Guess Who? to Game Of Life, etc etc. I am a board game junkie, and had accumulated more than 20 to 30 board games at home, so we are usually spoilt for choice on these languid nights. 

This evening, we played charades and had the most hilarious time laughing at each other's silly antics. The Bees seemed to read each other's minds well, so I ended up being the last in the game, hmph! 

After charades, I decided to wind down and chill out by listening to some of our favourite songs, and turned on Youtube for some karaoke versions of Dancing Queen and Mamma Mia (the Bees love Mamma Mia the movie! I can just imagine their awe if they ever watch Mamma Mia the musical!). 

From 10pm (yes, they had become late sleepers during the holidays, which had reduced my me-time substantially!), we were belting out favourites from ABBA, especially Dancing Queen - which we sang several times! 

It was just lovely - me in the middle, my arms wrapped around the Bees, all of us singing to the lyrics at the top of our voices while swaying to the beat of the music. It is great reading exercise for Little Bee too, who loves the song Dancing Queen to bits :) 

We finally decided to call it a night by 11pm, after an hour of crooning. 

Love such warm, energetic yet lackadaisical evenings like this!