1. At lunch Alec and I eat chips and read the Beano (which is a bit different to when I was little, but not much -- just enough to make it accessible to a thoroughly modern Alec).
2. Kneading more colouring into blue playdough (Alec was dismayed because the ginger we added to scent it turned it green).
3. Two faces covered in blueberry stains.
Follow Her, no birds and Burns Night.
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