Finally finished painting the play house. Since I haven’t been able to spend more than maybe half an hour per day on it, it’s taken a while to finish. Most of it now has two coats of paint but I skipped the second coat on the underside of the bench and some other minor parts that are both protected from the weather and not so visible. It is now a very colourful feature in our garden. I wondered at first what the neighbours would think, whether they might find it an eyesore, but came to the conclusion that it’s none of their business – I wouldn’t worry about whether they’re OK with the colour of my car (if I had one) and this is not that much different.

In the afternoon, it rained for the first time in weeks. Good for the lawn.

Adrian is getting yet another tooth. Does he really need so many?

Ingrid hurt her sucking thumb. It was just before bedtime, too, so she was both tired and hurting and could not suck her thumb, which compounded the hurt. She had to make do with the other thumb for falling asleep, which was not as good by far.