Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Switch, toast and this is what we do.

1. Nick and I are down with food poisoning. I look after Alec until I'm too tired to go on, and hand him over to Nick. I'm very glad he's here.

2. At tea time, I make Nick some toast and Marmite. "That tastes so good," he says.

3. "Watching cartoons is what we do when we are sick," I tell Alec.
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