I was going to tell you all about our holiday in New York (it was really good, thanks) and then war started in my house.

Child 3 went back to school on Thursday and despite needing some trousers the day before all went well. Child 3 loves his class. There is a grand total of 23 children in his class. His teacher, same as last year, is very happy to have a small class for once. Child 3 will be cruising this year as he was already in the same class and was doing very well.

One thing puzzled me about child 3. That child is growing ever so slowly. Child 3 is smaller than any other 10 years old I know. In fact child 3 on a good day is the size of a 6/7 years old. So why the day before school started did child 3 suddenly need trousers size 7. In his drawers were some size 6 trousers that child 3 had been wearing for the last 2...