Lovely day

Errands achieved this morning, 'Hello Kitty' 5th birthday party attended at lunchtime (with pizza, 'tattoos', trampolining, 'happy cake' and party bags) and a lovely afternoon at O's house - the one in the forest with the pool. Ahhhhh.

It bucketted down on our way out there, clearing shortly after we arrived but leaving large muddy puddles.

Perfect!

5 naked and semi naked children frolicking happily in the mud and water while we enjoyed a nice british cup of tea. Then 5 children and one Mama enjoying the pool, complete today with two inflatable dolphins, an inflatable caterpiller, two swim noodles, two floats and a generous sprinkling of rotting berries from above. Kitty was in for the best part of 3 hours. The Mancub chose at first to  make the most of having all the toy trains to himself on the edge of the pool, later coming in to be "dolphin boy!", insisting that I let the dolphin tip him off at regular intervals. What a nice way to spend an afternoon.

And now I can hear the return of the landrover and a grubby unshaved husband. Time to go and catch up.