The children went back to school today. Sam got his bag ready last night and made sure he packed his new book for boys to show to his friend. All his uniform was washed, ironed and ready for him and I felt sure that no unexpected little problems could hold us up this morning. Of course I was wrong! Sam got up looking rather bleary eyed and he had a large perfectly round red sore in the middle of his chin, just below his lower lip. It looked suspiciously like ringworm, but there hadn't been a trace of it last night. Some meaningful questioning followed and Sam explained at length (he is just like Robbie!) that it was the result of an experiment. Apparently he had wondered what would happen if held a bottle against his chin and forced the air out, the resulting suction had caused the sore on his chin! Having failed to wash the sore off, Sam spent more than ten minutes in the make up department (Laura's Bedroom) while she applied skin cream and concealer to his chin!
We had already been delayed by Sam's chin and I urged him to put his school shoes on and hurry up. He had assured me last night that his shoes were clean and ready for school. When he put them on they looked as if he had recently crossed a ploughed field in then, in fact half a field was still stuck to them. We had to stop and clean his shoes, so despite all my plans we were late leaving the house and as usual my blood pressure was sky high. In the car I was treated to Sam's explanation concerning the state of his shoes. It was good even by Sam's standards. He said that he had to wear them in the garden because his rabbit had escaped from her hutch and she didn't want to be caught. I reminded him that he has wellies and old trainers for going into the garden. With a completely straight face he explained that the rabbit preferred his black shoes and he thought that if he wore them the rabbit would let him catch her. She didn't (but more about that tomorrow).
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