A morning at home to play. They switched the television off and played all over the house, they set up a ‘holiday’ in Ms Rs bedroom involving all their bedding, all of Master Rs clothes and plenty of toys. They did play-doh in the kitchen. They ate loads. Master R had cereal, two boiled eggs and a bowl of fruit for breakfast but then lunchtime came and went without mention of food.
Ms R gave me two notes, one said ’sit here’ and the other said ‘Playskool’ and then she asked me what they said.
In the afternoon we popped out for bread and milk. We tried to visit the library as we very often do on a Wednesday afternoon and as is always the case it was closed. We visited the penny sweet shop and I gave them twenty pence each, telling them if they only spent ten pence then they’d have ten pence for next week and they were both happy with that. We popped into my parents house to find everyone out but Master R tore up a sheet of paper for Lucky the kitten to play with and Ms R found some paper and drew a family picture with lots of presents. Once home they emptied out their piggy banks which are surprising full considering that we never give them any money, I spotted a few gold coins and descreetly rehomed them. We talked about how to recognise English coins and Ms R made piles of same coins.
Ms R told me that three fives are fifteen, she said she knew because she counted on her hands. It’s interesting that she thinks about these things and lovely that she tells me of her discoveries.