Day 202: What Katy did?

After work today we had the pleasure of baby J's company while T & S went to do a five-hour road-safety classroom course - a prerequisite of applying to do a driving test. Their reports of their evening are not particularly encouraging. Interestingly, they asked what would have happened if they'd turned up with the baby and were told they would have been turned away. Interesting. E5N1 has yet to see a bottle (actually he had a good look at J's today) so whether that is a realistic option is unknown. We certainly went to some trouble to persuade Exile #3 to accept a bottle from time to time when she was a baby, but we never bothered with Exile #4 - she had her follow-on milk in a cup and never used a bottle at all. Oh well, we'll work something out I suppose.

Anyway, we had a very easy-going time and Exile #2 was able to spend a large part of the evening at the supermarket - joy-of-joys! At this time of year the post-dusk noise outside is quite amazing, the insects (and ...?) make quite a cacophony. Whether these bush-crickets (or katydids) contribute is unknown, but this one paid us a visit (to the kitchen window) this evening and earned itself a starring role.