Emma Day

Today Emma turned three. That’s three years of teddy bear cuteness, three years of warm loving cuddles and three years of yapping. Fortunately, the first two cancel out the last.

Three years doesn’t seem like much but I’m finding it hard to remember a time without her…though I do remember it was a bit quieter.

For her birthday we didn’t do very much. Of course I went to the gym first thing then into town where I didn’t buy her a cake.

The day started off (and continued to be) much nicer than yesterday. The temperature was down to a manageable mid-twenties and there was a slight breeze keeping things cool. Unfortunately I didn’t have the big bit of the terrace to clean (that was yesterday in the blazing heat) so it didn’t take nearly as long. Even so, it all looked lovely when I’d finished.

Then lunch, then an episode of Orange is the New Black, then to the park. Emma always knows that when the end credits start that it’s time to jump off my lap and get excited because it signals our walk. (Freya just copies Emma because every experience is a wonderful surprise for her.) It’s like the Big Ben bongs at 6pm which signals dinner…though Freya definitely knows what that sound means.

Speaking of both OITNB and Freya…apparently Freya the Barista stopped watching this new series after the third episode, claiming it wasn’t very good. I’m very surprised because I think the concept of a series that follows a prison riot and the aftermath over a period of a few days is very clever. Okay, Piper is irritating but then Piper has ALWAYS been irritating.

I admit I found the first two episodes a bit annoying because after the prison power was cut, a lot of it was almost pitch black (hard to see during the day) but once the sun came up, it was like a classic New Dawn situation as things started to ‘evolve’ from the anarchy.

Meanwhile, in the real world, we went running around the park, chasing a tennis ball and generally getting far too hot and bothered. I say ‘we’…

The rest of my day was spent doing housework in preparation for Mirinda’s return from town.