Last week the weathermen forecast that the summer was over. Well judging by the hot warm weekend we have just enjoyed, they got it spectacularly wrong again, which is great! On Saturday we went to Bluewater. Jake chose a nice blue dress for his baby sister, her first dress no less. He is very excited about her arrival. I think he will be the best big brother. We have tried to include him every step of the way so that he can be as excited as we are.
We also bought Jake a new paddling pool. The end of summer sales are on and we managed to pick up a huge Thomas pool which had been reduced from £40 to £20. Needless to say Jake LOVES it! When we got home on Saturday Ames and I spent ages blowing it up and then an equal amount of time filling it up. It is definitely a winner because he loved splashing around in it and pretending to be the driver. It can also be used as a ball pit so we will have to pick up a bumper pack of balls. I’m sure his friends will love that although I’m not sure how many balls will actually stay in the pit ;-).
On Sunday we took a trip to Canary Wharf. Jake got to ‘drive’ the DLR train. He gave us, and the other passengers, a running commentary which was very funny. It was very nice walking around the semi-deserted Docklands. A few places were open to have lunch and it was great to stroll around without the masses you would normally expect on such a nice sunny day.
In the evening Tricia and Keelan came over. I filled up the pool(again) and they had a splash around. It was great, sitting in the garden, chatting while drinking wine.