And the sun shone.

Both the kids were much better today – made me realise how quiet it’s really been this week 😉

Another horrendous night with Small – he’s still got spots, but they don’t look to be getting any worse, and they certainly aren’t pox. I’m a bit flummoxed as to what they are tbh, but while they aren’t bothering him I’m tempted not to worry about it too much. I am wondering whether he’s got the side effects of the MMR, but I can’t see how that could affect Big one day later….hm.

Didn’t seem to put him off his stride today – he’s drawn on the farm animal box, and the swimming float. Had toys removed for hitting ppl and walls with them – I was incredibly cross when I caught him beating the top of the cold frame with his trowel! He appears to be at that glorious age of self-expression where a mindless act of destruction speaks a thousand words 🙁

Big, by contrast, has been absolutely lovely today. She found a cardboard weaving loom that we started a couple of months back at our puddlers group, and did a lot more of that. She played Set – took her 74 minutes, but she did break for lunch 😉 This afternoon we got out in the garden for a while, and I moved the greenhouse while she did some more weeding on our vegetable patch.

We had a break for a bit and made some pizza dough for tea, then went back out and planted carrots, peas, and beans (I’ve got the beans in containers in the cold frame, hoping that’ll be enough to get them started). Back in to get the pizza in the oven, back out to hang out the washing. Each time we came in she took Small to wash his hands, and she’s just been being ever so helpful all day. It’s been nice 🙂

Took them up for a nice long bath at about 10 to seven, came down to put the kettle on while they soaked, and there was a knock at the door. Thought it might be canvassers – was quite looking forward to opening the door and saying, it’s too late, I’ve already voted (Tim posted our votes today 🙂 ) but it turned out to be my parents. At 7pm. Come to visit their grandchildren, who go to bed at 7.30. Smile, Jax, smile….

went and got the children out of the bath – Small flagging rather by this point. Big enjoyed getting her hair brushed by Grandma, and was then persuaded to show her a red nose reader (once she opened it she raced through it, but she was terribly worried to begin with!) Small had his hair brushed by Grandad, and that was good too. Took him to bed and he went off relatively well, Big went up at 8.30, looking a bit knackered.

Parents departed and I went out and watered the seeds in the dark. Once I get into it I sort of enjoy gardening, although it’s a bit like cooking for me – I know other ppl find it easy, and I don’t have a clue what I’m doing and why sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t. I think of the two I’d prefer to be able to garden though. I can dream of my little self sufficient plot, with a lovely dome house in the middle, can’t I?

Right, off to squeeze in a bit of work before NCIS.