ahhhhh, or do I mean Arrrrggggg?

So, Chez Rich is still semi derelict and the builders are in. Austin is knocking bits down. I am still half un packed and its half term so my nephew and neice are staying for a few days. My Bro & sister in law & their youngest were up at the weekend, but they have left and its just me & santa's little helpers. Or should that be satans? On sunday we attacked the nettles in the garden. The nettles won. So we decided to play inside. And the lights went out. Oh joy.

Today we went to the safari park. If you feed (with food provided) some of the animals its quite exciting. We had a zebra stick its head right in the car & dribble over me & Mattie got licked by a Yak. Then there are rides. The kids are six. And between 1 and 1.2 meters tall. Which means they can go on all sorts of unpleasant and terrifying rides if accompanied by an adult. Emma in particular liked som worryingly large roller coasters. She particularly liked the fact that I was terrified. Then we found the log flume. Because it wasn't busy, each time we got to the end the kids screamed 'once more' and before I could stop the attendant we were off again. Scary and unpleasantly wet.

Anyway. Were back. Its well past bed time, but if I keep them up late they sleep until seven in the morning rather than six. I refused to watch Wind in the Willows for a third time. (one more rendition of 'toad comes home' by tuneles hyper children may tip me over the edge).

Thank the gods for lego...