to see how excited Brownie gets when I pick up his leash now.... 

We had a pleasant walk - and were not the only ones out and about 

taking advantage of the not-so-hot time of day!

Now that I've started putting things back on the shelves in Alex's room the bathroom pile has shrunk considerably - and the pile of stuff to donate at Busy Bees this morning keeps growing.  However most of the 'early' stuff was easy; what's left are "miscellaneous" batches of things that just got stuffed into tublets willy-nilly and need some serious sorting before they go back in the bedroom.  If only I had a magical sorting hat....