First paddle of the year

Not wishing to regale all you Linus fans with news of his rather nasty sickness bug, we've decided instead to show you some pictures of his first paddle of the year. I wasn't sure he'd be too impressed with the pool despite loving it last year, but he proved me wrong and adored having a good old splash about. He wouldn't take his t-shirt off until it was absolutely sodden- see the tide-mark on the second picture!

Apparently the sunshine makes Daddy feel ill, so we left him indoors doing some ironing while we had a jolly lovely time in the garden. We have planted some strawberry plants and got in a big composty mess, started setting up the tomatoes and done some falling over and cutting of knees (mostly Linus, not me).

Anyway, what you've all been waiting for: