Saturday

The kids actually let me stay in bed for an hour after they woke up.  That was a good start to the day : )
One of the ways I got Josh to behave last night was by threatening him with no football today.  It worked.  Unfortunately I was not so successful with the girls!
So we toddled off to football and I didn't see the girls the whole time other than when they came to ask for their snack and when Rose fell and scraped her leg!  The rest of the time they were playing with their friends.
Josh was playing in the first and last game of 4 games. Kind of a mini-league. His team annihilated the other team in their first game and lost their last game - just barely. But they had lots of fun.  Joshua is very good - even if I do say so myself.  He was able to leave the ball for teammates and pass it as well as dribble and shoot.  Most of the kids just wanted to hog the ball.  He remembers a lot from the coaching they've had.
After football, we went swimming for about half an hour to cool off.  (Operation tire-the-kids-out) We went home for lunch and found a car load of men waiting for us!  They were the termite detectors/treatment company our landlord had sent round to check and maintain the perimeter walls.  I have no idea what they did, other than hammering some holes in the wall and spraying something in to said holes but it took them from when we got home - about 12 - to about 5.  They said there were no signs.  I'm not convinced - we often have those little cocoon things hanging on our walls.
Naomi and I made peppermint creams - it was the only recipe of the three she had chosen that we had everything we needed! Then we spent the rest of the afternoon playing on the Wii, watching a film and friends came over for dinner.  Bed-time went smoother as they were all tired from the night before!