First smile

Really tricky evening. New school stuff has finally defeated M and she has sobbed on and off since coming out of the school gate. By the time we got home later, J was beside himself trying unsuccessfully to re-string his guitar. Ended up with him taking himself to bed in such a state of frustration and angst. He'd been so desperate to play it - and he has a new loop pedal arriving for his birthday on Sat which he's been so looking forward to. Emergency guitar shop visit tomorrow I think. Who'd be 15 nearly 16 again? I wouldn't. Anyway he cheered up a bit later. Here he is multi-tasking - catching up on my blips at the same time as finishing a D of E presentation on dead animals (don't ask!) for tomorrow. He even let me sneak the photo in, so he must be feeling better.