Today ...

... has been a very different sort of day. 

• I've finally watched Frozen, so now I will understand what all my pupils are talking about.
• I recaptured my childhood, laughing out loud at the slapstick antics of Sooty and friends.
• I went shopping in Sainsbury's and spent an awfully long time in the sweeties aisle.
• I had an indoor picnic at lunchtime, which I haven't done for years.
• I sang along to the Donny Osmond version of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and still remembered all the words.
• I spent quite a lot of time talking about the 'olden days', when I was a child at school.
• I played snap, and lost!
• I did some colouring in ... very therapeutic.
• I played the recorder and performed in a mini concert in my living room. 

The reason for this change of pace?  I had the pleasure of babysitting Little Miss C, so have had a very enjoyable day seeing the world through the eyes of a five and a half years old.  She is desperate to learn to play an instrument, so today was her first (surprise) lesson on the recorder; she picked it up straight away and we played the three pieces she'd learnt (all based on the note 'B') in a mini concert to her mum when she came to collect her.  Here she is ...

 

 

I've loved having her ... but it'll be early to bed for me tonight.