Dear Diary

Friday was a very enjoyable day.

This doesn't mean that it was without conflict, frustration, moods and some spectacularly un-enlightened parenting moments. But it was great for a mid-school-holiday day.

Moments I want to remember include:

* all three kids sitting at the dining table doing "school work" - Velociraptor was working on sentences, Princess was learning to write numbers, Lion Cub was drawing with baby-pens. It lasted only half an hour but it was an incredibly proud moment for this "I will never homeschool" Mum.

* writing letters to family up on the rooftop while the children played "hide-and-seek" - even Lion Cub took turns counting - "ba, oo, six, eight".

* getting a day time sleep as well as a quiet moment to sort clutter in anticipation of our up-coming move

* planning a "welcome back" mess with the kids (heh, heh)

* after dinner, going out onto the street during a heavy downpour. While Steve and Lion Cub watched on, Princess danced in the street, Velociraptor drank rain water from a cup and I stood under the down pipe.

At the end of it all, Princess gushed, "That was the best night of my life!". Yes, it was a good day.