Summer's here

 

And so it begins. Summer. Season of lazy mornings and muddy children.

We have written a long long long list of things we would like to do over the next six weeks. But underlying all of our entries is one simple sentiment. To take pleasure in each other's company.

The boys are of an age now to really appreciate the absence of obligations and the unfettered access to free time that the long holiday brings. That's not to say they never get fed up, or that they don't squabble, or want to watch more TV than is good for them. That some chivying of the 'Have you brushed your teeth?' variety isn't called for.

But somehow, those things are balanced out by the golden moments when everyone is happily occupied doing something of their own choosing and you look up and wish summer would just go on forever.