World Book Day.

For a change today I was teaching in the morning. The children were all quite excited as most of them came to school dressed up as a fairy tale character for World Book Day. The adults had also been asked to dress up and this time I came as Mother Bear from Goldilocks and the 3 Bears. It was an easy costume for me as I have a furry brown hoody to which I sewed some velvet ears. An apron,brown trousers, large necklace and wooden spoon completed the ensemble together with a painted nose. I must have made the ears a bit too big because some children thought I was a monkey or a mouse. Not as observant as the small child that said 'Hello Elf,' to me as I walked across the playground. I didn't keep the costume on when I went into town in the afternoon. I might have got a few strange looks walking round the library dressed as a bear/mouse. The day has been cold but sunny so I was able to put in a couple of hours in the garden. I had been enjoying the birdsong all around when the peace was shattered by my neighbour doing some work with a chainsaw right behind our house. In between his racket I could hear his little boy shouting 'Dad,Dad.' and then joining in with the chainsaw noises. Never mind, it's usually pretty peaceful here.