Late again! Here are some photos taken on Easter Sunday. The snow didnt last, and was only 1cm, which isnt much on Canadian scales, but was enough to delight Emma! I hadnt realised how tired Sophie looked til I uploaded this pic. She's got that "uhoh, mummy with a camera" look!

We are still battling the squirrels - just off the third picture is a sonic pest scarer. Squirrels are still visiting us!  Dont know if they're staying so long or just eating between beeps.... Also on the wildlife front, I have ordered a wormery to eat my kids leftovers. I already have a cone bin and that's too full, so I thought I could put the easier stuff in a wormery which Em would enjoy looking at more! I want my wheelie bin to starve LOL! Saturday I counted 11 magnificent magpies in one tree behind my garden. Better watch out in case it takes my sparkly stuff! And today a sparrowhawk was watching my bird table. Fortunately it didnt eat any of my garden birds. But it is beautiful!

We have just started sponsoring a 5 year old in Tanzania to go to school. It's something I've been meaning to do for a while, and having Emma start school has been the ideal time. So we asked for a girl of a similar age to Emma, and as our church is involved in supporting churches in Tanzania it seemed sensible to build on this link. I dont want Emma to take her advantages in England for granted, and certainly not her free education. So now we are paying for Elizabeth to go to school. We received our first letter from her last week. She wrote that she had porridge and sardines for Christmas dinner and then went to play with her friends! There are several reputable charities that organise sponsorships, but we are with Compassion, which a number of our family and friends have been with for years.