Swimming Monday

I missed my yoga class again this evening; a combination of being late home from work and wanting to be there to put the children to bed.

Instead I swam; 30 lengths of the local pool. Swimming is restorative; relaxing and helps me to sort my day while I do length after length.

I miss it when I don't go; but I have found it hard to squeeze in to my week recently.


We have always had a "five minute" play before baths; stories and bed as part of our winding down routine. The five minutes is very flexible; short if the children are tired or I am tired and irritable; longer if they seem to need it. Tonight they decided to make a bath bomb... in the bath room! A very blue bath bomb; some of which is now colouring the white bath mat a fetching shade.

The bath bomb had the desired effect and made beautiful patterns in the bath as it dissolved.

It is always lovely when they can work together on a project; Big girl was the scientist complete with goggles and gloves; small girl had goggles too!

I wasn't quite quick enough with the camera to get the full fizzing effect.