playing

Maisie didn't sleep too well, partly due to the excitement of her cousins visiting and partly due to her hernia popping out frequently throughout the night - it was a long night especially for Daddy.

This didn't stop Maisie spending the day playing with her cousins Charlie and Gracie. There was lots to do; after a big breakfast there were noisy toys to play with to entertain Maisie and irritate the adults followed by Charlie doing his usual shooting of everyone and everything.

Gracie was a little more attentive making sure that Maisie was happy with a particularly noisy teddy bear although we're not to sure that Gracie was teaching Maisie the correct words to some of the songs - Teddy wouldn't be singing about bogies up his nose would he?

Maisie, Daddy, Charlie, Gracie and Megan spent the afternoon having an adventure; it started with playing on the swings, watching a thousand or so geese land in the next field, filling Gracie's wellington boots with water from a big puddle and then losing Megan's ball.

a wee rest before the dash home to miss the rain

There was a ruin to explore, cliffs to climb, molehills to dig up and a bridge to throw Megan's spare ball from - it was a busy afternoon.

Everyone was looking forward to dinner which was followed by nice hot baths and an earlyish night.

Gracie helping to bathe Maisie

The forecast says snow so tomorrow it could be Maisie's first snowball fight.