It might only be the second week of Spring, but someone forgot to tell the weather. It's 30 degrees this weekend. In other words, it's paddling pool o'clock. We bought this brillliant sports car pool in England in July for 15 quid - for some reason paddling pools here are really expensive - and Scarlett did a great job filling it up on Saturday afternoon. We'd spent the hot morning indoors at a drumming workshop at Carriageworks. There was lots of singing, dancing and drum playing and as Flo has always been a bit of a groover and she in particular loved it. 
Here's a shot of Scarlett enjoying the legacy of Kendall's recent visit - a lollipop shaped like an enormous fly. Deeply unappealing. Plus another (increasingly common) sight of the girls playing well together. This time on a trike Flo borrowed from the library.
Scarlett is giddy with excitement this weekend as it is her turn to look after the class toy - Ed the Ted. Each weekend, Ed gets to spend the weekend at the home of a classmate and his antics are recorded by the family in a scrapbook. So far he has taken control of the car, stuffed his face in a cafe and rocked out some drum beats at the workshop.
While we are sweltering away here, Rob leaves for NZ in the morning for a short skiing trip with his old friend Jenny. They'll only manage 3 days skiing, but it's the first skiing he's done since our brilliant trip to Stowe in Vermont with Sarah and Scott in 2002. Rob is a very good skier and he'll have a ball in 8 degree temps and on a 25cm base at Mount Ruapehu on NZ's North Island. Oh and he'll owe me big time for the chance to fly without children - enjoying films and booze unencumbered - and for multiple lie ins and nights out. Oh yes, he will pay.
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