Let me see now. Notable events this week. Well, we gave the kittens a bath on Tuesday, which was an experience. I don't think we'll be making a regular thing of it, but they were a bit smelly, bless 'em. Don't think they've quite mastered the art of washing properly yet! So, we got some special kitten shampoo and gave it a go. Juliet just looked at us reproachfully as she stood in the sink. Those eyes! As for Romeo, well, I still bear the scratch marks all over my shoulders and neck. He's earned himself the affection nickname of vampire bat, just because that's how he sounds when he miaows. Which is often. But as he hissed, spat and clawed his way up my arm out of the water, he was more like something from a Stephen King film! Anyway. After their bathing experience, we towelled them dry and left them in the sunshine in Emily's room looking like two poor little orphan kitties after a rainstorm. Within about ten minutes they were back to being bundles of fluff, though, and appeared none the worse for the ordeal.
Yesterday Emily had a ball out in her paddling pool. She was out in the garden for about six hours non stop, playing all kinds of pretend in the water, playing with her polly pockets on the grass, devouring the trial issue of that new Roald Dahl magazine and generally having fun being Emily. We had planned a big barbecue for yesterday....so Jon worked hard getting everything cooked and ready....and no sooner had we sat down outside than it started tipping with rain! Still. Never ones to be put off by a bit of the wet stuff, we just moved the parasol over the table and carried on regardless. Fortunately, the thunder and lightning didn't arrive until much later in the evening.
Today, Emily and Jon have gone on a fieldwalking expedition arranged by the local museum. Colin and Romy have gone too. They've been out all day (got up at 6 this morning trying to find wellies and make packed lunches, lol) so I've been getting on with filling in our tax returns (fun, fun, mind boggling fun), installing the new printed (yay, this time it works!) and catching up on plenty of work. They're due back shortly, so I can't wait to hear all about it!
Juliet hitches a ride on Emily's shoulder....
.....but even that's too exhausting for sleepy Romeo!
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