Thursday September 11th

Today Joshua and Naomi got all the tubes of toothpaste (at least three) out of the cup in the bathroom and by the time I came to check on them in the shower the toothpaste was everywhere - all over the shower, all over them, all over the floor. Is there anything worse than toothpaste to try and clear up?  It did remind me of the illustration that Steve often uses of once toothpaste is out of the tube you can never get it back in again (with the point that our actions and words can never be taken back once they are out there). It was at that point that I realised they had also emptied the liquid soap into this concoction! I think I kept my cool pretty well, considering...

On a more bizarre note, I put a piece of bread in the toaster for my breakfast and could hear it rustling.  Having heard of this before, I hurriedly checked to see if a gecko had got trapped. Unfortunately it had. The spring had caught it so it couldn't escape and its tail was stuck to the element. I stopped the toaster but, obviously it was too late.  It affected me more than I expected - being a fairly non-Animal lover!