She got one out to get one out!

This was the photo that greeted me this morning when I got up. Apparently he dressed up in his dragon outfit and Huffle took a photo. He looks like a wrestler - which he is happy about. He wants to be a wrestler when he grows up, as well as a chef and a footballer.

Scary Boy!

Today was the first day of the school holidays (well actually it was a PA day). Huffle went off to work as usual. Moo had a lie in. (as usual). When I got up, both boys were watching TV. I used the time to clean, tidy, empty dishwasher, fill it again and sort through a huge pile of paperwork the boys brought home from school.

After breakfast, Moo caught up with her emails - her friends in Codderland where she lives (our name for it!) have had terrible storms and hailstones as big as golf balls which have damaged their cars.

The boys played in their bedrooms and then played on their DS' whilst waiting for their friend to turn up. I got 5minutes of reading on the front porch and then Pol and Pod came. Pol had to go so Pod found the boys and they played nicely together. We decided to go in the pool so the boys got ready and went in.

They were jumping, splashing, canon balling, bit of swimming, swimming in the water, under the water, lying on the Lilo, sitting on the ball. Lots of fun was had.

We stopped for lunch and Pol came back with some extra supplies. The boys ate theirs on the picnic rug.

After lunch they got the sprinkler out that Moo bought them after they broke ours. The water pistols came out as did the water squirters. Pol and Pod had to go shopping so they left and we had an ice cream and got back in the pool.

This time I went in. Small suddenly gained his confidence and started swimming by himself. We blew up a big rubber ring and we had Mummy Tours around the pool. It was very very very hot today. Our new thermometer measured 35* at one point. We stayed in the shade mainly. The pool is still a bit cloudy so we shocked it. We tested it at the end of the day and the levels all seemed fine. Think we need to shock it again at dusk and hopefully it will be better tomorrow.

The Pool lady

This Dragonfly kept landing. It was huge and beautiful

Mid air jumping

Huffle came home early (he shut the office early for Canada Day weekend) and came and joined us in the pool. We stayed there till gone 6pm and then had a BBQ dinner. Sausages, jacket potatoes, beans, salmon and garlic veggie mushrooms. Ummmm very nice. All topped off with a beer. Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh. 🍺

More mid air jumping

Everyone chilling

The boys

Little Chef and Big Chef

A quick game of cricket

The boys went to bed, we sat outside as the temperature was lovely. We assessed the pool, shocked it again, put the solar blanket on it, removed some wood and drank our tea on the front porch.

We would like to wish Aunt Pear all the best on her retirement (not that she is old enough to retire officially) from her job. Hope you now have lots of fun doing the things you want to do xxxx