6am for the first child to enter our bed and then wriggle and fuss for a further hour or so was enough to start this day with plenty of growling.
However once up we were ushered through to the girl's room for a carefully arranged scavenger hunt with handmade gifts made from recycled goodies for each one of us. It was hard not to feel utterly churlish.
The celebration of Earth Day didn't end there - pyjama breakfast, dancing and then football had been planned. Two out of three became reality, before clothes and the everyday beckoned.
