Be careful what you wish for...

Stressful start to the day, took Eddie in my car which he's not used to going in. We acted out the dog version of the VW advert where the baby cries every time the car stops, only with barks, all the way to the garden centre. We were taking him to a dog portrait competition for a calendar, only half way there and B pointed it out it wasn't going to be worth it. He was right. Eddie was hot and agitated by the time we got there, and wouldn't settle down at all, and when another dog turned up and he started barking we were finished. She got a couple of shots but Eddie's tongue was hanging out and he was panting. It wasn't until we got home I looked at the prices, £30 was the cheapest, that's far more than the children's school portraits.

Finally unearthed the paddling pool from the depths of the shed, I'm sure it hasn't been out for a couple of years. H was desperate for B to come outside to play with her, surprisingly he obliged. The only trouble was the AK47 water pistol he was carrying.....