Hammer bang ouch!

Thursday 24th September: Cold, wet and yucky. High of about 5 degrees! Yesterday's washing stayed on the line overnight and had several more rinses during today and ended up in the tumble dryer!
To start the day we went to Playcentre. The boys were excited to find that the carpentry workbench was set up. They were given some lumps of Oamaru stone and were astonished to find they could cut through it with a saw! A few minutes later Edward hit his finger with a hammer and a large blood blister developed. And developed. And developed. I decided the best idea was to take him off to the doctors. We saw the nurse at Steve's surgery and then Steve joined us and lanced it to release the pressure. There was a lot of squealing but he did sit very still through it all. He returned to Playcentre and decided that doing some colouring was a less dangerous activity!
At 11am we drove down to Oamaru in time for the boys' swimming lessons. Today was the last one of the term. The boys' swimming has improved so much again this term and they are so much more confident and relaxed in the water.
We called in to the shops to get milk (again!) and some other bits and pieces and returned to Waimate. We went out to the new house to find the decorators have finished and left. Great! Another step nearer to moving in.
More downfalls of rain and hail while I was feeding the animals and then dropping off the milk. The boys played on the computer while I did some cooking.
Tea was the other half of yesterday's pie and a ginger oat pudding and custard. Jeanette arrived to babysit and the boys gave her a card and some daffodils for her birthday over the weekend. I went off to Taekwon-do and we had a great session. I got home at 8.30pm to find Steve had not yet got in from work but he arrived home shortly afterwards.
One photo is of the freight train to Oamaru that we caught up with on the road. Edward took the picture as we drove along! The second is of a ewe and her twin lambs opposite where we bought the daffodils in a side-of-the-road stall.