Quince

We got them! They'll have to wait until Monday to be cooked, though. It's no hardship: I should hopefully come home after the weekend to a very sweet-smelling kitchen.

I also managed to drag the boys to the barber after school yesterday. A bit of a hollow victory as I ended up paying £11 for very little... but at least I know they've been.

Charlie is off school again today. He's had more time off this month than in his entire school life previously. I'm torn between embracing the affection he shows me when he's ill (neither have ever been cuddly boys) and trying to avoid his deathly plague. It seems maternal instinct does lurk within, after all.