This is the way

At Home Day. They are becoming quite the thing.

Bean, 9: watched Pokemon Advanced; rough and tumbled with Pumpkin; emptied out under the bunk beds in search of long forgotten toys; played with the farm set; played chess and triominoes with Pumpkin; had a bath with Pumpkin; played on the wii; and more.

Pumpkin, 7: played Temple Run; designed his own Skylanders; played scribblenaughts with me all day; played on the wii; made more lego mini figure Skylanders; played chess and triominoes; plyed Skylanders with me on the wii; said he wanted to go out for a bike ride but didn't want to get dressed; admired my cake; and more.

Plum, 4: asked me to put her mattress up on her top bunk bed and then spent most of the day setting it up with pillows and toys; playing with her roys on her top bunk; watching on her tablet on the top bunk; jumping of the top bunk with Pippin; but did not sleep in the top bunk as she had planned; she played picnics on the kitchen floor; watched Alvin and The Chipmunks; and coloured her hair with hqir chalks and then had a bath to wash it out; and more.

Pippin, 2: played with the Happy Street people; watched Bing and Topsy and Tim; buttered her own toast; put on her own clothes that she had chosen; read books and books and books and books; had a bath; played with Plum; did actions rhymes with Bean (row the boat, fishy in the water, this is the way the lady rides;) and more.