Wow, silence
Today is the first day of the school year for James. That means I have the house all to myself for a couple of hours. It's virtually the first time since June that it's been like this. Bob and Emme went back to school last week. I must say it's a welcome respite. It's not to say I don't love my kids, but I do find it hard to concentrate with their particular level of volume and pitch.
When I'm working in my office, I can hear the kids trampling through the living room like a herd of water buffalo, and occasionally I can hear them (or their mother) yelling and screaming at each other too. It's one of the relatively minor downsides of working from home, at least from inside the house.