OH GOOD!

The sun's back and it's pleasantly warm this morning.

The girls are up and breakfasted. They've just had one of their bonkers chasing sessions around the livingroom - Rose playing Queen of the Sofa in the sunroom and Lily racing the length of the room trying to find an opportunity to knock her off her position of power.

Christina has just got up and seems content and relaxed. Charles and I are going to be leaving her for two days while we go to the wedding in Birmingham. On one hand it may be good for her to have a break from us and a bit of independence, but on the other hand I'll worry about how she's coping. No doubt there'll be many texts and phone calls between us while we're away.

Need to do some packing!! Obviously the girls have their own bags for their stay at Auntie Helen's. Then there's all the stuff for Mum's birthday - whose idea was it to but luggage? It takes up half the boot space! We need wedding clothes and casual stuff, hair things and make up (obviously Charles doesn't need the hair stuff - or the make up come to that). Then there's the question of shoes! How many pairs is it reasonable to take for a two day break? I have four plus the Uggs I'll be travelling in. Wonder if that's enough?

We're going to try to get to the hotel by 4pm so that we can watch the match. Mind you it's bank holiday weekend so the traffic may not be kind to us. Better set it up to record at home just in case we don't make it.

Right - I need to go and do some shopping...