Today I’d like to wish my mum a great sixty-first birthday. I think my parents returned from visiting their grandchildren in france yesterday, so I don’t know when I’ll be able to speak to them next, but I hope mum knows I think about them regularly. It’s great to see them getting into their new grandparent role: mum and dad seem to have taken to it like ducks to water, going to visit Oliver and Elise at every opportunity. Those kids are gonna be spoiled rotten! Hopefully I’ll get to speak to them later today, to catch up with all the family news and to wish my mum a very happy birthday.