Summertime

Summertime is definitely here. We have been enjoying several days in a row of beautiful weather, and tomorrow it looks set to continue.

The first real sign of summer was that today I washed almost all the pillows in the house. This is something that is only possible when a) you have cleared the backlog of washing that inevitably exists in a house with young children, and b) you are confident that you are going to be able to get the pillows, and all your other washing, dry. Both conditions require an extended period of fine and warm weather.

We had another bbq tea outside tonight, enjoying a still and almost completely fly-less evening. Brendon once again did the full meal preparation - exhausted from doing both the dishes AND cleaning the toilet, I had a wee nap on the couch in the half hour or so before dinner. ;-)

After tea the older children ran around outside and played in the sprinkler. Lots of shrieking, running, wetness and happiness. Both are now asleep, exhausted from their play.

Two other random things - first, Aidan is now well able to throw items onto the roof. This milestone is not altogether welcome! Second, I was able to diagnose ailment of the week about twenty minutes ahead of Dr House last night. (And why was a generalist diagnostician conducting brain surgery anyway?).

(Sorry, I guess you have to have seen the programme for that last bit to make sense....!)