Degu

Ben fed our friends' degus today. I can't get over how impressed and proud of him I felt. Our shy little bossyboots, who hates spiders and spiderwebs, won't handle creepy crawlies, doesn't like dogs; lets degus scramble onto his knees for bits of food, holds peanuts for them to take, and sticks his fingers into their cage for them to sniff. Maybe degus are the perfect size for him?! I think he will want to go and see Sam and Ruth more often!! I am still very much a cat person though....

Church this morning. First time in ages that I've actually been! Even if I spent most of the time in creche but actually it's not so bad in there ;-) Home for yummy leftover pie for lunch, a really relaxed moment, and then off out for coffee and cakes.

Home again for bathtime for the boys! That was fun. Charley spent about 90% of the time standing up holding on to the edge of the bath gurning at me and sticking out his tongue. Ben eventually was persuaded to lie down in the water which he then decided was VERY agreeable until Charley sat down, reached over and splatted him somewhere unhelpful which made Ben shriek with laughter! They both went to bed pretty happy and easily.

I'm going to lock Steve in the front bedroom during the day this week, encourage him to sort it out...... (well, not lock him in. I'm not even sure if the door closes, let alone has a lock on it...)