We've had nothing but good weather since March began, and frankly I'm beginning to get bored with it. We could do with a bit of snow around here to liven things up. It's at least a fortnight since we had any.

But in the meantime, the relentless sunshine has given me and Lisa the chance to take Amelie to the Queen's Park playground to soak up a few rays. Obviously by the time I left work at 5 o'clock, picked up my family and walked down the road, the sun wasn't so much shining as setting, and Amelie was less of a sunbeam and more of a dusky maiden, but that didn't stop us having fun.

In addition to attempting to ride the see-saw with two boys who were clearly far too old for her, Amelie proved her powers of observation by successfully managing to spot me hiding behind a small camera. But after that she went downhill very quickly...


To be honest, I don't think she'd have gone down if I hadn't pushed her.