See Spring...see Spring spring!

I think it’s safe to say that spring has arrived on the island now – after the third day in a row of sunny skies and fresh breezes. It was such a nice day that Nick didn’t want to be indoors, so we took our lunch of hamburgers to Castle Gardens and ate there! In GNC Nick did a lesson about the Bible again, handing one to each kid and having them page around in it to various locations. He also showed them that there is a new and old testament – we take this kind of knowledge for granted, but the kids have no concept of books of the Bible or chapters and verses. As they will be getting these bibles to keep tomorrow, it was a great idea to do this lesson today so that they will be able to start reading them. The boys had a birthday party to be at in the afternoon, in the schoolroom. I didn’t feel the need to stay with them, so left them there and came to get some scrapping done - it was great to spend the afternoon doing it, with no-one needing me (Nick was occupied – he had a young chap over and they jammed guitars).

Caleb is wanting his loose tooth (the one with the root showing) to come out now, so this afternoon he said I could do the door-slamming trick. We had told them about this method of removing teeth some time ago, but I never thought he would actually want me to do it. I obliged in so far as getting a long piece of cotton tied around the tooth, and tying the other end of the cotton to the door knob, but then didn’t have the guts to actually slam the door. Dear Caleb pushed it himself, although the cotton was a bit long and it was difficult for him to do it. The tooth remained in place though.

Yesterday was quite a normal day. I had to pop off to the HTH Spar for bread after school, and was thankful to get there in time before it was all sold out. Nick went off to do some recordings for his next ‘thought for the day’ series for the radio, and in the afternoon he had prison ministry. Nick took the boys swimming later in the afternoon – the first swim of the season. They came back with chattering teeth and cold bodies, but since the sun was still shining in the back yard, I told them to get dressed and play in the sun. It’s been so great for them to be able to play outside again.