happy

happy day - diddy came bouncing out of school to tell me he's getting a silver certificate for 25 merits. they had a talent show and he's been fretting all week about what talent he could do. we thought about bike tricks - but he wasn't allowed to take his bike, then he wanted to do boxing - but we couldn't take his punchbag! - then we thought about dancing, but someone else is doing breakdancing, and he could join the rock and roll group but didn't know what rock and roll was....so last night he decided he would do a magic trick. he came downstairs at 10pm having pondered and asked me for a box so i raided the recycling bin. he went into school with a box, an iron man toy and a marker pen. while we were walking there this morning, he still hadn't decided what his magic would be so i suggested he practice a few on his friends and if they worked, he could be a magician and if they didn't, he could be a comedian instead and make people laugh when it went wrong ;)

i have no idea what he ultimately did, but apparently it was so good the headmistress was brought in to watch as well! bless him.

i've been sorting out a few toys to sell pre christmas, so predictably they are now the most appealing things ever. happyland is out again and they're all playing beautifully :)