It’s my youngest daughter’s birthday today. We got the predictable 6am wake up call, first from our eldest before swiftly being joined by the birthday girl. Having dropped her off at school, accompanied by a plethora of cakes to share with her class mates, I’ve returned home to the joy of birthday tea preparations.
She’s having a party with her school friends on Saturday. This afternoon is just tea for us and my parents. How much preparation could such a small scale affair take? You’d be surprised 
Living with smallish children, I tend to develop a blind eye to the daily clutter and empty toilet roll collection that seems to multiply.
However, with parents due around 3pm I can procrastinate no longer. (Even as I write this I should be icing cake before tackling the cleaning. You see how easily I can be distracted?) Assuming there is enough time before close of play, I may even be found de-junking the sofa. The treasures to be found whilst undertaking this task are indescribable. Last time I found some rather suspect inedible foodstuffs and enough crayons to entertain Picasso for twelve months.
It was remembering last time and the competition idea I had as a result that made me write this blog post. With all the finese of an expert procrastinator, I’ve done nothing about this idea during the last five months. Therefore all I’d like to do today (aside from entertain you with tails of my ineptitude) is point you in the direction of last time. This is something we’ll be developing with gusto over the next few months so I thought you might enjoy a quick sneak peek. Dr Egg’s planning on writing to lots of famous people about this too so if you know anyone famous, remember to keep it to yourself
As the queen of multi-tasking you’ll be pleased to learn that the cake looks lush. As for the sofas, they might wait until next time
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There is some scary stuff in the sofa. You never know what you will find. The last time I looked I found a stale potato chip a bit of loose change and some unidentifiable (spelling) crumbs.
So I think the trick is to clean that sofa out everyonce and a while to keep the crud that collects to a minimum
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Hi Jim,
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. It’s the loose change that interests me. It sparked an idea for a competition which we’ll be launching officially later in the year
You’re right though, it needs to be a regular clean out. You sound just like my husband!
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I used to get my Y1 children to bring in to school, what they had found down the side of their sofas, in a see through bag. It made for a hilarious ‘Show and tell’, which then lead onto many other curriculum areas. Always scheduled for just before parents evenings! MORTIFICATION!
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Hi Judy,
What was the most interesting item found?
Thanks for visiting and I love that idea. And your timing of these sessions is fantastic
Eleanor
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