Day 206: Our day in the sun

Actually, our day started a bit late, thanks to our very late night (pictured). Well it was very late for the children anyway. This morning we did some chores - more blinds to put up, more boxes to unpack. After lunch we sent the girls to bed for a nap. So far so mundane.

At about 4.30pm we finally got round to visiting the local park's outdoor pool complex - something that our house move has distracted us from so far this summer. We had a great couple of hours there. Exile #3 (not surprisingly) and Exile #4 (slightly more surprisingly) wanted to be in the water the whole time - we spent most of it in a gently sloping pool that went from 1 ft 6 inches deep to just in Exile #4's depth on tip-toes with arm-bands on. There are also some fairly excellent fountains and things to play in. Exile #4 wasn't sure, but her sister loved them.

By the time we left it was nearly the girls' normal bedtime, but we decided to visit the local pub (Irish of course - why is that?) where we had a nice meal in the beer-garden. At one point Exile #2 was confused by Exile #3 whispering "That lady's got the same hairy book as you". But it turns out that she was referring to Harry Potter, and not a hirsute tome after all - although we're very much used to the local accent, we're still sometimes surprised that it has entered the family. In fact Exile #2 has now finished the book in question, so we have transferred from the group of people afraid of people discussing it to the group of people who can't discuss it. Except to each other.