I'm seeing stripes

Today our new rug arrived. Very exciting times in the bretel household. ;) our old lounge rug was very lovely but was bought before we had cats, a dog and a baby and so it had a very deep pile and had started to hoard all manner of fluff, biscuits, bits and bobs and even coins! So for little fingers that are getting ever more curious as to what can be put in her mouth....we needed a new rug where nasties couldn't hide.
In other news: Isla and myself are pretty poorly with a cold. My dad was off on an open top double decker bus to explore the sights of Washington today wearing a baseball cap! ;)