As we are going to give up the allotment, owing to me not having enough time to get both the house and allotment done during the week. We are going to transfer the plants to the flower border on the left. So today is the day to clear some of the left hand border, mainly one conifer tree.

My son's version of tidying is interesting. He picks up all the towels off his floor and dumps them in the bathroom, he then picks up all clothes (clean and dirty) and puts them in the laundry basket. Then collects the Beano comics and puts them on a shelf. There done (except everything else left on the floor). For once I was grateful that he had been tidy last night and put the towels back in the bathroom. It meant his sisters flooding was not as bad as it could have been.

Today we were going to have my daughters particular friend over after tots and tamers. But owing to earlier actions I called her Dad to cancel. I could hear her friend in the background repeating mine had been very, very naughty. By the end we were both in giggles. When repeated by a two year old it sounds very funny.

I tried filling the dishwasher, so my darling daughter tried washing the bathroom and then the kitchen. I suddenly realised it was raining, on the inside of my kitchen window. I ran upstairs and found her playing with the sink. I picked up her cuddly Remy Ratatouille and threw the dripping toy into the bath saying he was too wet to play with. So she said "Sorry Remy", twice. I told her she could not see her particular friend today, and then she realised that she had been bad. Then later I showed her it raining in the kitchen to which I did get a second "Sorry Mummy".

Today is the day of the Class Photo. Last year they started with siblings not in school, followed by siblings in school. Then starting at nursery they went up the school, so to get the kids before they got grubby. This year they started at year 6. They agreed to call me for the sibling photo when they got to it. Ahh. The first thing my daughter wanted to do was colouring with felt tips!

Every week while my son does his Karate, my daughter and I wait outside the hall. Most weeks she fishes in a large puddle for sharks. His week she caught a two pink fish, three yellow fish and a pink shark. We then went to get some stamps for Daddy. The post office is in the parade of shops next to the hall / library at the back of a corner shop. So we queue up next to the freezers, which my daughter knows they contain frozen food. So she started a chant of catching frozen fish. I agreed if we had enough coins after getting Daddy's stamps. Which we did, so she carried, very proudly, ten fish fingers and four pound coins to the till at the front of the shop. She was marching right up to the front when I said "Stop, you must wait behind the gentleman." "Ok Mummy." and she stands at the end of the queue, waiting patiently for her turn. He person in front said "Wow me a gentleman" and then bought her a chocolate reindeer with a bell for being so good. She did say thank you for the rabbit!. I guess with those large brown eyes of hers this is the start of getting away with loads.

My son had Harvest Festival in the church associated with his school today. It made me smile to see him bouncing to the song he was singing but also trying not to.

We opened the cat flap after we found Matilda, and showed her the garden via the patio door. As she was hungry she came straight back in after a quick sniff and explore. Timothy has made it out from under the cupboard. He came out of the kitchen just before supper and got sworn at by Matilda. We shut our bedroom door last night and when we got up we found Timothy being a carpet on the stairs. When everyone started getting up he dived for cover under our bed. So things seem to be going well.

That did not last long. I have just checked the kids hair and my son has three parasites again.

I was worried today. I had been out since the morning and after the school run the house seemed very quiet. Matilda has a very load purr compared with the other cats I have been near. So it was very worrying. I occasionally heard a jangle but could not work out if it was Timothy or not. Then I realised the noise was coming from behind the cooker, Matilda had climbed into the gap next to it and could not get out. Five minutes later she was out, and purring loudly, and I felt that I was not going mad.

It must be autumn now. The leaves have finally started collecting in piles. My youngest has found them and has enjoyed jumping and crunching them.

Matilda and Timothy arrived today. Where as Tiggie was a kitten, these two are siblings that know their own minds. They immediately went to ground under a cupboard.