Helen was sick last night; first at 2.30am and then again about 20 minutes later. After so much practice at dealing with vomiting, Rob and I are like a well oiled machine. We both leap out of bed and while he tends to the patient, I change the bedclothes. Fortunately there have been no more occurrences so far today.

David surprised me with his vocabulary again today. We went for a walk and spent a long time watching a large black ant either trying to cut up or eat a dead wasp. After a while David simply said: "Wow! Fascinating."