I have plenty to give thanks for. I had the most relaxing day off yesterday. Mrs M has a busy morning helping out at JC's school. That left PB and me to entertain our guests visiting from Oz. We went for a walk down to a reservior just below Disneyland. PB and her little Australian friend enjoyed looking looking at the fish and pollution before we hiked back up the mountain in time to pick up JC from school. Back at home Mrs M and her friend announced they were off shopping for "a couple of hours", which translated into English means they would be out until dinner time. They headed over to the dark side - Kowloon, partly to get our "real" watches fixed. Who would have thought that such watches would break so quickly?

Meantime I left JC to watch videos and took PB and her friend down to the playground. There they spent a merry couple of hours finding various bits of dirt and leaf to eat. The playground was busy and I discovered that it is really just another social occasion. Being one fo the only men over the age of 5 in the place meant I was an immediate magnet for various mums looking at avoid various other mums. I was almost like an oddity at the zoo, an exhibit to be humoured for a little while before leaving for the next cage. Still both kids in my charge were alive and bruise-less. We headed down for an outdoor dinner with the three kids. The beauty of this they can make as much mess as they like without us having to worry about cleaning it up. Just whip the hose out after we've fininished and the mess goes away.