It was only a long weekend, but we fitted in lots of activities. On Friday we picked Martha up from nursery and went for a picnic in the woods. On Saturday, after the Ballet lesson, we went to Paisley for a Halloween event, where there were all sorts of children's activities ( and for which Sophie had a days paid work helping with the organising) and yesterday, since it was a particularly beautiful autumn day, we climbed a steep hill (Beinn Dubh, at Luss) beside Loch Lomond, again with a picnic, to admire the views. Martha hurtled her way both up and down, with adventures in bracken on the way: whilst Jack preferred daddy's shoulders on the way up and walking down, exploring tree stumps and rocks. Bella and I tried to keep up with Martha,
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