A Night on the Boards
Sunday, March 26th, 2006Hello again dear readers. When I say dear I mean it. All 3 of you are treasured friends and beloved family. Sometimes I feel that I am writing for the therapy it provides.
I have just been distracted trying to give TLC to a gecko that got into the washing powder and, although wriggling and running, is probably not very well from the experience. Being a compassionate softy I have lovingly washed it under the shower and left it there. I do not know whether they like water or not but it will certainly die without. It puts me in mind of the last animal I bathed (no…not Isaac…) which was one of the cats we had about 13 years ago. It trod in a beer slugtrap I had put outside our door. The grass had grown over it so it was hidden. Many slugs had perished in it and their decomposing bodies, along with the not-so-fresh John Smith bitter, were creating a stink. It was well stirred by the unfortunate disturbance and the cat ran through our house madly trying to escape its own foot, which it failed to do of course. The house ponged horribly afterwards and we had to clean the carpets. I had to catch the cat and get it in the bath. After a ferocious struggle it realised that it was a mercy mission and allowed the Johnson’s baby bath to wash away the stench. Pathetic it looked…
Anyway, back to the present. We have had a busy weekend with birthday celebrations for Jacob and Isaac. On Friday after school we drove up to the reservoir at Mae Ngat. There were 11 of us. Jacob, Luke and 6 friends, Janet (Paige’s mum), Esther and me. Isaac and Mollie stayed with friends.
We arrived about 5 in the afternoon and were taken by boat 15 mins up the valley to a floating houseboat. We have visited this one several times last year also. We played silly games in the evening which was great fun. Usually we come home but this time we stayed over in the little cabins they have there. Most of the boys slept in sleeping bags on the wooden decking outside with just the slapping of the water and mosquitoes for company. In the morning we ordered pancakes for breakfast and then lazed and swam about until 11.00 when we returned home. It was a great little party. We are planning to take the Olivers there overnight the week after next.
Today was Isaac’s birthday…8 years old. He got some great little presents including some electronic games which have gone down very well, British sweets, and books. We spend the afternoon at the pool. Isaac got an inflatable lilo thing from the Coe family which was gladly received. See picture below. We played one of his games this evening called ‘the Annoying thing’ where you have to list things while a very irritating, repetitive canned voice tries to distract you. Harder than it sounds. As parents this is a skill that develops over the years of course so we had an advantage.
More nice photos on the gallery.
Well, love to you all and looking forward to seeing you in the summer!
Andrew, and Esther of course. XXX
