Sunday 4th July

Happy Independence Day!

We've had a very chilled day today and it's been nice not going out but having Pen at home to help with the kids. This morning, we watched some TV on the laptop and then DJ and I tidied up a bit. I want to know how it is that the room can get messy in just a few minutes! I tidied up first thing when I woke up and within a few minutes, it looked like I haven't tidied up for weeks. Amazing! Pen always blames Dylan but I think we're all to blame because how can one little two year old make so much mess?! Lol

In the morning I spoke to Mel on Skype and then to a couple of other people and I picked up an e-mail from Penri's mum saying she'd been trying to ring all day yesterday. I went and checked the house phone and it had been off the hook for just over 22 hours … oops! Now Dylan is to blame for that one :)

In the afternoon, Penri's mum managed to get through on the house phone and it was really lovely having a chat with her, even though for the first 15 minutes Dylan was screaming down the hallway because he wanted to be on the phone instead of me. His voice was echoing throughout the flat because we still have no curtains in the lounge, dining room or hallway and there are no carpets or rugs; plus, the rooms are fairly empty so his voice just bounces off the walls! He loves having a big booming voice and the more he was screaming and shouting, the more he was enjoying himself. After a few minutes though, he got bored and went to find Daddy. By the time I got off the phone, Dylan had fallen asleep (it was about 4.30 p.m) and I thought we'd better not let him sleep then otherwise he'd never have slept at night. So, I woke him up which he was not impressed with until I asked him if he wanted to help mummy cook chips. He jumped out of bed and bounced down the corridor saying 'DJ cook, DJ cook chips'. We went in the kitchen and I peeled and cut the potatoes and then made Dylan's dinner – chicken nuggets, chips and he would've had corn except I bought two tins of corn the other day, but they're not self opening tins – they need a tin opener and we don't have one! Silly me!

He ate his dinner and watched Dora the Explorer, which I was surprised about because he had totally gone off Dora recently, but she seems to be back on the favourites list again. After dinner, we played for a bit and then it was bedtime. I phoned Jackie at 8 and DJ, who I thought was asleep, came through to play while I was on the phone. It was really lovely to catch up as I hadn't spoken to Jackie since before we left UK in May. As soon as we got off the phone, it was bedtime … again! So, as I said – a very chilled, very relaxing day … and we were all in bed by 9 o'clock!