1) Three children were playing happily on the floor.  I glanced towards them and suddenly realised that there were only two. It took me a moment or two to realise that the missing one was the 9-month old baby who has very recently stopped staying where he’s put – he’d speedily backed his way out of the room and into the hall!

2) We’ve recently started planning our meals a week in advance again – the advantage being that we can actually cook more interesting food again because we’ve shopped for the ingredients. Tonight’s offering was Jollof Rice, with fried plantains. Delicious 🙂 .

3) The aroma of chocolate brownies baking in the oven is emanating from the kitchen.