This was my girl’s first (independent) venture at painting at the easel without mum’s choked, hawkeyed supervision.

Despite smocks, plastic mats, the relative ‘safety’ of using water colours, yes, she did get some paint on the blessed deck.

But we have a high pressured water gun-hose. Surely that will get it off? (She says, hopefully).

Not being overly creative myself in the touchy-feely hands on kind of way, even though I enjoyed painting as a kid, I’m kind of at a loss as to help Keira. Adam has great spacial capabilities and can draw a bit himself, so he’d be better….

Not much else to report. Riley’s sleeping has been very average over the past few days.

What I’m listening to: Sexy Back by Justin Timberlake. Was loving it until Adam ruined it for me by pointing out how repetitive it was. And so it is. But Keira and I still like dancing to it.

What I am watching: David Tench. I had to turn it off. Was it that bad, or was it just me??

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Karen Andrews is the creator of this website, one of the most established and well-respected parenting blogs in the country. She is also an author, award-winning writer, poet, editor and publisher at Miscellaneous Press. Her latest book is Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity