Just a couple of quick ones from Joshua.

I'm aiming to write a blog in all three of my blogs today - rash, I know, and quite unlikely too, given that I'm running out of hours. I'll also need to find my phone, to take a photo, otherwise there will be no addition to the 'Manmade' blog...

As avid readers will know, I'm in the middle of tax returns. It's now the turn of Anna's, and once again the guest room/study looks like the aftermath of a bomb in a filing cabinet. There's more paper than carpet. Joshua walked in earlier, examined the floor and said, "can you tidy this messy up please - it's not very clean in here."

And then just now, bedtime prayers (what is it that makes bedtime prayers such a rich source of humour?!) I asked what things we could thank Jesus for today. He was a bit flummoxed, and the conversation went on:
Me: We went to the p p p p p p p
Joshua: POST OFFICE
Me: yes, and sent presents to people. Who came to visit us too?
Joshua: ELSIE! (Yes, he was shouting all his answers)
Me: yes, and what other things happened today that we can say thank you for.
Joshua: I peed my pants.
Me: Uh ... yes sweetheart, but we're not going to be very thankful for that!

Ok, so the Bible does tell us to be thankful in all circumstances, but really ... that?!