Sunday was a magnificent, sunny autumnal day, clinging onto the tail of summer and reminding us all how sunlight warms the soul as much as the skin. Trees are slipping off their foliage cloaks one golden hued leaf at a time, and occasional gusts send a shimmying tumble of crisp leaves chasing through the air until they settle under foot.

We spent a blissful few hours feeding the ducks and goose, pushing a giggling Sophia on the swings, admiring her balance as she clambered unaided over the arches on the toddler play frame, and lifting her to the top of a 6ft high slide and watching her joy as she wiggled herself free from the top and went swooshing to the bottom.

The weekends are never long enough to spend all the time we want to with Sophia, or to do all the things we want to do, but I guess that's just life, trying to balance your house of cards and not let it collapse!