Sunshine

My goodness, what a wonderful weekend, and all down to the sun beaming down on us! Spent all day yesterday outside...either perched by the river bank with J, sat on my chair eyes shut to the sun and just relaxing, or playing raiders and tree climbing down in the woods with the boys. The sun was warm and so welcome.



We rumaged around in one of the sheds outside, which up until last week has been covered in thorns and brambles and discovered 3 old bicycles. armed with cloth, foot pump and WD40 we began putting them back into working order. J has laid half a new driveway using stones and tarmac chippings from the local recycling plant, and so A and C could pedal to their hearts content up and down outside the front of the house. A was especially delighted that his new found bike had BMX written on it and whizzed around until the chain came off. Having rediscovered cycling we got the blue one that Mighty and Grandad bought him out and challenged him to cycle through the bumpy back garden down to the woods and along the river bank. Strong legs powered him all the way down.

At 9am this morning A got in a grump and announced he was leaving home. Within 10 mins he had packed a bag(a bug catcher pack) with soft toy, crisps and snack bar and persuaded his little brother that they should move to their holiday home. Sad to see them leave of course but delighted when the new home turned out to be the den! They found some green wire and have rigged this up to a tree in an attempt to bring electricity to their camp. It is great watching a 6 and 4 year old imagination running riot. The grump lasted about a minute the game far longer.

Sat again in the sun today and had Sarah, John and the boys over for lunch. Very relaxed and calming. Just great fun all round.