Sticky

Today being a swap for childminding and a bank holiday, we had the whole day to play.

The Flumlet found the bag of sticky balls that came with a Christmas jumper (apparently the intention was to stick them onto the Christmas tree shape on the front of the jumper but I never used them - I might blip my adaptation later). He and Mr Flum had fun throwing them at each other for a while.

After lunch we all went to the Hermitage to climb trees - they were all rather too big for climbing but the Flumlet had a go at this divided trunk (extra 1). He enjoyed climbing up the slopes, sploshing through mud and all was well until he slipped while paddling in the burn, so it was straight home for a warm bath and dry trousers. Next time we'll go prepared.

However, we had been industrious during the day, making gingerbreads and starting a sweet yeast dough, which I finished after he had gone home (extra 2).