Is Lush addictive???

I certainly hope not because if so then I am on the road to ruin. Sam and I had a mini spree in there today ( I still think a 4 yr old boy getting excited about bath bombs is unatural) and I have just used the face mask and bubble bar and feel very relazed. I may have to make this a weekly ritual. It was a nice way to end a laid back weekend.

We spent the weekend doing jobs, pottering in the garden and generally having fun. We got two new clown loaches yesterday for our main tank. The other clown loach has been very lonely since his two friends died and we thought he needed cheering up. The three are now getting on swimmingly (please excuse the pun) and sam keeps hugging the tank. Now all we need to do is find a 4in plecistomas to keep frank company and eat the algae in his tank. M is hard at work looking for a protein skimmer to set up the marine tank. We will be able to open our own aquarium at this rate.

Sam and I had lots of fun in the garden today while M slept (he is on nights). We planted flowers and did some mowing and weeding. Looks like our blueberry plants have surived the winter so we should have another crop this summer.

Being sunday, we went of course, to the trains at thorpe hall. They have started a new collectable ticket scheme whereby if you collect 24 different tickets you can have an afternoon of free train rides. We are on our way with 2 tickets. I had a proud mommmy moment when having told sam that one of his tickets had an engine named mayflower on it he exclaimed that it must have been named after the ship! I guess that he is listening to what I say. ( at least sometimes!)

He has spent a quite a bit of time this weekend playing a phonics game on the computer. He is really enjoying it but I am not sure that he totally gets it. He can't quite grasp the concept of sounding out words. He will sound out each letter and then sit for ages trying to work out the word, even if it is one that he has just read. At first this frustrated me but now I think that when he is ready it will click. At least he has the building blocks and the tools he needs. It reminds me a bit of potty training. We had a few false starts but then when he was ready it happened in a matter of days.

The biggest news of the weekend is that one of my oldest friends and sam's godmother, is coming to visit in june. She lives in florida and is a kindergarten teacher. She has bravely agreed to come along to muddlepuddle camp! We are really looking forward to seeing her, sam especially loves spending time with her. We will probably play tourist for the first week of her visit. This will be her first summer visit to the uk in 12 years and we intend to make the most of it. Neither she nor sam has even been punting, so taking them to cambridge for the day is on our top ten list.

A fairly busy week as usual, with m on long days for most of it. At least he is not working bank holiday weekend (except the monday that is!)