Friends

What a great day. Arrived over at Tammy's for a gathering at around 12.30. Leesa and her tribe where there, too. Twenty one children today, playing happily and at times noisily. Some of the games I noticed were tug-of-war (the girls winning simply because there were many more of them), some computer games, a bit of DVD watching, hours on the adventure fort/swings/slides, zooming in the little cars, riding bikes, tossing and catching the baseball (until it flew over the back fence and onto the main road behind the house), lots of chasing, running, screaming and squealing (yes there are technical differences between the two), and another day that ended with sleeping children in the car.

Mate they play hard! Especially my littlest man. The one game he never tires of is the sand pit. He got a little rough with Jed at one stage, but it was all in fun, and I'm amazed at how he just kept playing and playing and playing. Playing is serious business.

Shock horror, we're going to stay home tomorrow. The children and I have made a deal to finish off the packing and cleaning tomorrow. Elsie thought it was fair, considering she is going to another sword lesson tomorrow night.

By the way, all the children are just fine. The garlic bulbs they downed yesterday must be of some help...mmm...maybe.

So this post celebrates friends. Today was a really nice day spent with some of the best.