In the school yard

There are a few small fruit trees in the Carfield school yard - a real pleasure to see them in bloom today, as I walked in to meet Eben and Luca.
Later Eben had one of his occasional meltdowns at teatime. Ruth had made a pasta dish that he would normally like. Not today though. "I hate pasta...! I'm not eating it!" Etc. Ruth was patient but firm. In the end Eben climbed down, ate a banana and we made it to the weekly drum lesson in a reasonable state. Fortunately these are rare occurrences these days.