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James was keen to play ‘Tummy Ache’ after breakfast, and we were not sure if his request was based on him having had too much hot chocolate or on a genuine interest in playing the game!

It transpired that James had thrown his Brown Bear teddy up on the washing line and it had got stuck. I’m entirely unclean on how he thought he’d get the bear back by waving a tiny stick at it.

We headed home and started playing James’s “Sneaky Squirrel” game. He took genuine delight when all of my acorns got blown out of the tree, but then threatened to throw a strop when the same thing happened to him. Some would call that karma young man!

We went for a family walk around Keston Ponds. When they weren’t arguing about who was “the leader” or dangerously waving sticks near each others faces, the kids had an almighty time scrambling up and down the muddy banks.

Greenwich turned out to be totally fine, but some of the high streets we passed on the way there looked hellish. Chislehurst and Blackheath in particular were utterly rammed and there were very few masks to be seen. This is how we’ll end up with a second wave – be sensible people!

The children asked if they could go in the garden and specifically requested to play musical instruments. Typically, and having a box full of musical instruments to choose from, both Genevieve and James chose the loudest recorders available and paraded around the garden as though they were the Pied Piper being followed by a hoard of rats.

After dinner, we started getting the kids ready for bed but were rudely interrupted when Stephen noticed a giant, sky-spanning double rainbow. The mere mention of a rainbow had the kids glued to the window within seconds.

In spite of the earlier rain, we heard the ice-cream van somewhere close. We couldn’t pinpoint exactly where it was coming from, so Genevieve and I jumped in the car and went to find it. Thankfully it turned out to only be around the corner and so we both indulged!

Stephen gave Genevieve a long talk about how she must never eat or even touch wild mushrooms, but apparently the next words out of her mouth were “can I pick them up”. We’ll need to keep an eye on her, won’t we!

James and I joined a toddler craft class on Zoom. James was most excited to listen to the story, sing a new song with actions, and make an egg-box caterpillar. He was a lot less keen on the dancing at the end though.