Today I've been mainly.........Vol. 5

Good luck to him

Cheering him on Annobel [sunshine]

Annobel ...well done to your son.

Annobel what a great ambition your son has

Waiting to hear how he got on. He is an enthusiastic, mile a day, swimmer in middle age - I did try to encourage him as a kid - could see his potential - but was he interested then? Huh!

Go Annobel's son - reallly well done!

Mr Lester may wear a t-shirt as we are only going to the party to celebrate the wedding, the theory being a NICE tshirt under his cream silk/linen jacket - not a blinking sludge coloured olympic one. He has seen sense! [mightily relieved emoticon]

Well DS made it in under half an hour - a slight improvement on last year. Not bad!

Not bad indeed, Anno! Congratulations.

Sounds very good to me, anno. Hope he enjoyed his swim!

Just been "setting up" the kitchen for biscuit decorating by one ten year old and one eleven year old. Have now left them alone with a supply of icing sugar and bits and bobs. Probably not wise, but.....

Yes, I'm sure he enjoyed it!
Bags, there was nothing my GD liked better than messing about in the kitchen when she was that age and usually ended up with something almost edible. She now makes birthday cakes for her student mates and did a spectacular one for her brother this month!

Yes, there's nothing like doing stuff with food for learning how it all works, is there? Besides, kids love cooking. We're doing some Scottish recipes with Cubs at the mo. They all love it. So far the Scotch pancakes they produced two weeks ago and shortbread this week have been excellent. Potato scones next week....

Oh, Bags, potato scones - will they save one for me? Could I stop at one?

You're making me hungry Bags!!

Yes 'playing' with food sets up skills for life!!
Hope they tidy up ...thinking about your recent post on rubbish

I've obviously been missing out on one of life's pleasures? Potato scones???

A very Scottish delicacy, jacey!

Great hot with bacon.

Today they brought back two bags of drinks cans and other detritus they'd found under a rope tree on the lane where they play, and asked me which bins to put stuff in. They're learning!

It wasn't their rubbish; they were cleaning up the environment where other slobs had chucked stuff.

Mmmm, good thinking, elegran. I'll take some rashers along.

Can you fly DD3 and a couple of her mates in for the clean-up brigade next week B - packing some potatoes scones too - they sound delicious.

Right-oh! They're washing-up at the moment. I'm keeping out of the way!

Butter There now, you needn't have gone to so much trouble with the wedding food. Haggis, neaps and tatties, served by a gang of willing young helpers [Bags daughter at the helm] would have been great fun...

OK all you scottish GNetters ...how would I make potato scones? [want to learn] emoticon