Ten-hut!
Sonnet is in Bath this week end with Halley and I get to shape the silly puddy sans interference. I drive them hard: oh-six-thirty reveille followed by breakfast and maths home work. Madeleine and I sanitise Foxy's Habitrail while Eitan guards the hamster with his life. We then put the rodent in its ball and clean-up the dishes. Madeleine picked up for swim-practice at seven-forty sharp. I take Eitan to football where we debate practice since "torrential rain." Why question? This is England. The boys go ahead. I visit the hard-ware then the dump, pick-up Eitan from football and Madeleine from a post-swim play-date and home where they begin .. chores! Today brutal, too, since autumn deposits a blanket of leaves on the front and back. The Shakespeares drag their feet. It rains. Oh well. Madeleine asks timidly: "may I have something to eat?" which is a fair question since I have forgotten lunch. I make toasted egg, cheese and ketchup sandwiches. Again Madeleine: "Dad I did not know you could cook like this!". After lunch, more chores now home work, which the kids do in fear since I threaten demerits for lallygagging. It is one o'clock. After an hour's silence (minds at work), I give them free-time until 3PM when Eitan has a birthday party and Madeleine and I to pick up Jackson for an overnight.
Me: "Ok, kids, make yourself some breakfast."
Madeleine: "Can I have marsh mellows?"
Me:
Madeleine: "Chocolate lollies then?"
Me:
Madeleine: "Well, you did say for us to have what we want!"