A Great Day

Today (and in particular, this afternoon) I had a great day.

Lazy Days at Home

We spent the whole day at home and it was gloriously sunny (unseasonably so for early April - 20 degrees!). We put the stream on and the big two kids splashed through it and spent the day on the trampoline, bothering builders, and racing up and down the garden.

And then in the early evening, my wife took the baby to the shop while I made a lawnmower and strimmer with the elder two…or at least, they were there and ended up doing pirate training, chasing buckets of water down the path, tackling each other and generally causing mayhem. My wife came back with fish and chips from the local chippy and we sat outside and everybody ate and was merry. The baby tucked quietly into pasta, watching the madness unfold as the older two became increasingly giddy.

After we’d finished, I put the baby on the grass, and while he happily fed himself handfuls of grass the eldest entertained him by running in circles around him and shouting.

We finished the day by sticking the boys in the bath while the girl played with Lego, which appears to be her new discovery.

Nothing special happened - no major milestones or big plans. Just pure, unadulterated family time in the sunshine. You know the days that they say you should grab with both hands? The special days where nothing happens, except life? That was today.