Oh, I'm sure they will be; their mother is. It's just that I have no idea what they're like now, having only seen them as pre-schoolers before, and that was 6 years ago. One of Greg's nieces had nothing in common with us (she was into ponies and fashion and teenage languor) and in the end we parked her in front of the TV with earphones and she watched DVDs and music videos while her brother had fun on the PC with our games.

I shall ring the plumber tonight and see if he can come in first thing sometime next week.