Last night, as part of the celebrations for George's 11th birthday, we had 5 very excitable young boys for a sleepover. 'Sleep' over, of course, being something of a misnomer, given that the little tykes were to be heard running about downstairs at the frankly ridiculous time of 2.15am. The riot act having been well and truly read, they did finally get a few hours of shut eye before starting it all over again at around 8am. It was with some relief that I bade them all goodbye when their parents came to collect them at 10am.
Of course, the main point was that George had a really great time - which he did - although due to his exhaustion today he was not able to express it. After a sullen day followed by a tearful evening he was in bed, and fast asleep before 7.30pm.
All this makes me wonder if I have made the right decision in arranging a similar extravaganza for 6 nine year old girls next weekend.....anyone want a visitor on Saturday night?
Bad news from one of the parents this morning - there was a stabbing in Narrabeen last night and the 20 year old victim died in hospital today. We don't have much information about the incident at the moment, but the police were out in force this morning (in the pouring rain...). It is a reminder that although the crime rate in Australia is much lower than that in the UK, we have moved from out in the sticks where violent crime is pretty much non existent, to a city suburb. Luckily such things are also very rare here.
It's easy to imagine that because the sky is blue, the sun is shining and the beach is beautiful, that we are snuggled up in a place which is not touched by the normal risks of modern life. But it seems that wherever you are, eventually it will catch up with you....
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