Tree-climbing

Yesterday we had a whole day indoors watching telly. This is virtually unheard of for us as Raphie is such an active boy usually and goes that special kind of annoying if he's cooped up for too long.

Today he was adamant that he wanted another day at home so nervously I agreed. After a while that familiar and slightly destructive energy returned but rather than heading off out for the day we thought we'd spend sometime in the garden instead.

We cleared out some of the sandpit, swept some leaves and put them in the compost bin and had a chat on the deck chairs in the summerhouse. After a whil