Milestones

Sid turns three today. We celebrated on Sunday with a few of her friends. She knew that Elaine, who was running her party, was going to be painting faces, so she decided to get started by felt-tipping a socking great purple line down her right cheek. Sadly the pretty pink hearts clustered thickly over it doesn't stop her looking like Bride of Frankenstein! There will be more presents and cake tonight at Aunt Julia's house this evening.

Beri started Forest School today. Every Tuesday this term I will take him to a local woodland where, with eleven of his classmates, he will learn about outdoor stuff. Birds, and twigs, and mud pies. We are very fortunate that our school decided to take part in this - the teachers all say that the good effects on the children are remarkable.

And tomorrow Kit goes off for three days on a residential school trip. Three days! He is wild with excitement. His year group, 60 of them, go off to a large house and get the opportunity to try lots of new things - archery and rope climbing and rowing and stuff. I've told him repeatedly that he can't go because I can't do without him for that long, and the look I get back is positively withering.