Darling Wifey’s return was a great relief. Little Nutter has stopped standing next to her favourite seat, pining silently and refusing to let me sit in it. Little Madam has stopped trying to put ribbons in my hair, and started on her mother again. And Tiny Flirt is all grown up now. All in just ten days!

Little Nutter is currently sitting on a rocking elephant in the playroom, wearing Darling Wifey’s boots and a cowboy hat and shouting “Howdy-doody!”