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House stats and highlights for the week:

• calls to 111 and subsequent fire brigade visits to notre maison - 2;
• visits from freaked-out passersby and neighbours warning us that our house was sparking and crackling and generally going off - 2,000;
• power cables replaced - 1;
• terrifying invoices for power cable replacement due to arrive any day now - 1;
• episodes of the Muppet Show viewed - 25,000;
• times Toy Story 2 viewed - 2;
• renditions of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star sung nearly word-perfect by a certain Big Strong Boy - 11;
• parcels in the mail containing treats for Sweeney - 2;
• instances of deep annoyance to Ange from government departments - 1;
• parcels of Easter treats despatched to the wintery south - 2;
• chests of drawers caused to tip over by a curious boy's need to open every drawer and climb up them - 1;
• area of curious boy's bedroom covered by potting mix from the little plant on top of the chest of drawers when it was sent flying - 100%;
• things requiring fixing about the house that actually got fixed - 4;
• times the kitchen floor got washed - 3;
• days the kitchen floor really could've done with a wash - 7;
• pages of Ange's book actually read and absorbed - -10;
• times Sweeney asked for honeytoast for breakfast - 7;
• times Sweeney asked for honeytoast for dinner - 3;
• days we walked to preschool and back - 5;
• days Sweeney complained bitterly and hit the deck on the way to and/or from preschool - 5;
• puddles that warranted much jumping and splashing - 3;

I could go on. Pretty good week, really.