Grove, PE and task.

1. The Grove looks particularly lovely on this dull morning, rather coy. There is a little mist and the trees are decked out in tiny new leaves.

2. Katie and I do an experimental playground session -- one of us watches the children while the other runs round the park. It works pretty well -- you get just enough exercise to get the endorphins going. I'm thinking of calling it Mothers' PE Collective, or MPec.

3. To quickly finish the washing up before I go to bed. Nick, who normally does it, has gone to be ill. The children are asleep and the house is very, very still.