Took Alex for his first swimming “lesson” in the local pool on Saturday. It’s not really swimming, just familiarising the children with water, playing games and singing nursery rhymes. Alex took to it like a fish to water, kicking his legs as he has done since before he was born. Exhausted him though, and the poor kid had to meet the cousins for a Malaysian lunch at Abang Sam in Kensington.

He’s so much fun. I dread returning to work on Monday as it means being away from the family. Weekends are wonderful for the time spent together.