Breakfast at Applebees

We started our day at a local Applebees restaurant, where the Girl's fellow fifth graders were holding a fundraiser.  Breakfast at $5 a head can't be bad, albeit the menu was rather restricted.  The Man and I munched through pancakes and syrup, washed down with coffee.  Our Girl positively inhaled two plates of bacon plus pancakes - not just her own but her brother's too.  He slightly grumpily made do with a glass of apple juice.  He's not really a cooked breakfast kind of guy.

We were waited on by kids, and very attentive they were.  In fact I don't think I have ever been so waited on in my life.  But they were all having a great time and feeling useful, so that was fine.

It has been a cold day, but with sunshine and not a breath of wind it hasn't been unpleasant out.  After our usual skating lesson the Girl had a snow-shoeing adventure with her Girl Scout friends at Five Rivers, so the Man and I did a bit of snowy hiking on own account and covered several trails.  Our favourite nature reserve was looking very beautiful tucked up under a thick layer of white.

Tonight the temperature is dropping steadily, and the next couple of days are going to be Arctic-like, I fear.