Ok so I was expecting to see abstract works of art coming home from nursery school, hand prints masquerading as calendars etc  but what I hadn’t counted on was the amount of viruses and bugs.

Whilst most of the UK has just been enjoying a long sunny bank holiday our entire family has been laid waste with runny noses, sore throats, conjunctivitis and other such delights.

It would appear that Maddie is now through the worst of this and as for me if I have one more lem-sip I think I’ll turn into a lemon – not quite the instant cure the ads would have you believe!