Returning from a day at <shudder> work!
Hey ho
Louise & the kids have had a day out at Louise’s mum’s – where they would have met up with Louise’s auntie, who was 80 yesterday. There’s a ‘do’ tomorrow that we will not be attending, but Louise is meeting her today for the ritual exchange of gifts & goodwill (as much as can be spared). Sigh… I feel a little guilty really as she doing this absolves me of the duty – but it would be a distinct lack of fun to have to work today & then the niceties with the relatives tomorrow. Not really much of a weekend…

Hmmm can see a few bonfires burning on the journey home. There is no bonfire in Tod organised this year… A shame. Jack would have enjoyed it. Not sure what Eve would make of it – she may seem fearless, but I think that close up, a firework display is another level beyond her experience. She’s seen a few fireworks from the window. If fact each time she goes to the window at the moment & sees a light – or perhaps… well, anything – she says, “firework!” She also says, “Come on Fireworks!” if there has been some – to will on more. Heh – there are a few nice things she says at the moment… She counts quite well – knows which number comes after another, but really – I don’t think she knows the concepts.

Then again, she knows 2 – as if there’s more than one of something she has said “2 [whatever the object is]”. She also is learning the words for colours, but again doesn’t really have the comprehension of colour identification. She sees a bus or a train & calls it a “yellow (bus/train)”. Yellow seems to be the colour of choice for anything that she wants to identify chromatically.
Hmmm – not sure where the train is now (does it stop at Walsden station on this run?) – so best pack up in readiness of leaving the train in a hurry…