Caravan Diary, Day 29

Gosh, we're only a couple of days short of our first month living gypsy-style. Who would have thought we'd still be relatively sane at this point?

This weekend has had three major items of news:

• Opa Matten has arrived (complete with a car packed to the rafters with sanitary-ware from Germany (and tools - one can never have too many tools!) and his arrival has really upped productivity levels in the Schäfer household. It is becoming obvious that it takes at least three adults to get anything of any significance done. Two to do the work and one to watch the kids. Short of three and you're always stuck with something that you'd need another pair of hands for...
• The weather has been so kind! That must have been the third weekend since day X that was fantastically, amazingly sunny. We've enjoyed the garden including re-potting our first courgette plants and a big BBQ. Ooh, and the first ever pudding with home-grown rhubarb. Lush! It has generally felt like a bit of a holiday - despite all the work.
• Another friend's birthday party where Willem was shy and moody and didn't defrost until it was nearly time to go home. What is it with the child at the moment? It's really hard to take him anywhere because he seems to be having a really difficult time for the most part... Well, let's hope it's just a short phase...

Next week is set to become a big one: plasterers, builders, roofers - they're all starting next week, so hopefully that'll mean upping the pace. Watch this space!