Flower Power Rules OK

This year, Isabel's school marks its 40th anniversary and today was a day on which some celebrations were planned. There has already been a formal black tie ball (Husbandio and I declined to attend on the grounds that Emily was only 3 weeks old at that point, plus the tickets were £55 each!) which was apparently great fun - today it was the kids' turn to have some fun.

The first thing they had to do was dress up in 1960s gear for the day - easier said than done. However, Isabel had a really psychedelic dress which I bought last year in H&M and this, worn over an orange t-shirt, did give the impression that she was a flower child from the late 1960s. We added to the look with some long strings of beads (also H&M), and two Hello Kitty tattoos, one on each cheek. Final touch was her hair - we plaited it into six small plaits the night before, and then took four of them out this morning to give a fantastic wavy effect. Flower Power Ruled in Bucks this morning! There's a pic below of her in the full outfit, and then a close up on the hair.



The parents were invited to go to the school for a country dancing display (how quite sure how this related to the 1960s, but never mind) and as we all sat down on chairs set out in the playground the heavens opened. In a very British way, we all kept going pretending nothing was happening, but after a while the reception class teacher did at least bring out all of the kids' coats. Meanwhile the parents shared brollies - shame that the only one I could find was Isabel's Winnie The Pooh one, very classy. Finally the rain eased, and we we able to enjoy the rest of the afternoon, including a picnic tea. After all that excitement, Isabel and I walked home (no mean feat, it's just over 1.5 miles), or rather I pushed the buggy and she scooted.

We both flopped on the couch after all that excitement, but there was more excitement to come - we had major amateur dramatics during and after bathtime trying to get a splinter out of her finger. After a two man effort (Husbandio pinned her while I got to work with the needle) we finally got the bloomin' thing out. It's been in there about a week but I thought it was close enough to the surface to get it out easily today. Not so easy to persuade Isabel of that unfortunately - very little peace and love going on in our house until it was out!