Fireworks party

Started the day leisurely. I had no inclination to move from my bed early, I was shattered. Thankfully katie got up and made her breakfast, pottered, danced and just popped back to me every half hour until about 730. After music practise, we left early and stopped for pre-ballet half price Starbucks at the new one that's opened.

It was watching week at ballet so whilst playing with balletbaby I got to see Katie's exam work. She was looking stunning. And later they did the tap work which they've only just begun and her principal said how well she kept up with the girls the grade above her, that her ballet was stunning and that she was looking a bit special at her tap today. Not bad to say how much she's still coughing.

After class I took her to try buy some winter boots. It took far too long; I find it ridiculous how much plastic tat there is for girls shoes and how even "good" stores are selling rubbish synthetic stuff off as good quality. She has some, they probably won't last but she likes them for now.

We stopped home to get her changed before we headed to the firework party we'd been invited to. Her principal had put together a wonderful party for her, the other teacher's daughter and a few adults. She spoilt the kids rotten, someone brought a fab box of fireworks, the kids ate their weight in hotdogs and chocolate fountain and katie even conquered her fear of sparklers. The adults had a Chinese banquet fit for 5, not the 7 there. It was brilliant. She got very very messy with the chocolate fountain though and thought it was absolutely hilarious.

It took us 50 minutes to make our 15min journey home because we had to go down our street- the opposite direction to everyone leaving the main town fireworks. The street to us is a one car width street because of parked cars and over 200 cars refuses point blank to show any decency (or regard for the Highway Code) in letting us down the street. She was coughing away and getting very stressed with herself. Thankfully she fell asleep!