I noticed the colourful, woven fabric strips on the school fence when we took both children this morning, but my photo was taken when we picked Thomas up at lunchtime. Then the fun began.

Thomas is very often awkward on pick up, refusing to get in his car seat etc. My daughter's new strategy, having chatted to the Health Visitor yesterday, is to ignore any unwanted behaviour and to give Thomas two choices where appropriate. So we spent a good 20 minutes in the car before Thomas would let Rose strap him in. Except that halfway home he undid his straps and we had to pull over...