Horrid kids

8.55 a.m.
Having had my morning cup of tea, and in the absence of any significant noise coming from upstairs, I thought I'd check on Mimi and Finn, as he and I had to leave by 9.30 a.m. to go to athletics training (running around like lunatics and throwing chunks of ice at each other).

When I walked into the room they were both huddled in Mimi's lower bunk.

They were reading Horrid Henry to each other and having a cuddle.

I savoured the here and now. It hasn't always been this easy. And it will get more difficult.

This morning scene was a droplet of perfection.

Things were back to normal a few hours later when the kitchen timer had to be used to allot slots on the Xbox.