Where to start... We have had family and friends here now on and off for the last month, which mostly has been wonderful, yet tiring. The hardest person to deal with is the Man who just likes his home quiet and simple, with a houseful of guests and many kids this made him grumpy!!!!! However, when the house is back to normal he says he misses the company and bussle!!! Can't win really. We have just said to goodbye to the Aussies and will see them again in two weeks, the time went to fast for me but one really joyful things was watching two little girls make a deep and happy bond, two 5 year olds who couldn't be more different in their personalities just clicked it was magical.Also seeing cousins slip into each others lives so easily as if they see them all the time.
Today has been about planning the autumn, we made a Christmas box of films, stories and music and set aside to gradually fill over the next few months. The kids made cake, spent hours making knights and footballers out of tin foil and card, we watched the Waltons (fab), and I pottered around plotting autumn harvesting, thinking of woolly socks and mittens, still blistering hot here though.
Back to work in the morning and something that we feel we need to make part of our lives is structure, not rigid rules but a gentle sequence throughout our week, as we are tired and unorganised at the moment. So we really are going back to basics: Bath nights, cleaning day/laundry and baking day, monday morning coffee to discuss our work, meals at 7pm bed at 8.30 for the kids etc etc
Hope to upload photos soon but have to use another pc to do this - very annoying. xx
