'Tis the season for school plays, and we've just found out that instead of being a chicken (last year), sheep, star, shepherd or whatever, Sarah actually gets to be Mary this year. So, fame and fortune, at last! I doubt that at age 5 they have to do much beyond stand around, but still...

The other news of the week is that Olivia has got a place at nursery for January - we didn't expect a place to be available until September, so that's good news. It's an afternoon place, which is fine - two other kids in our road go in the afternoon, so we may even be able to share the dropping off duties, which is an added bonus. She'll stop going to playgroup, as we've decided it will really be too much for her to handle, as it would be like all day school, and I don't think she's quite up to that. We will, however, try to find a different ballet class for her to attend (her current one meets in the afternoon, so we can't continue with that). Thalia attends one locally on Saturday mornings, so I'll go along tomorrow morning and have a word with the teacher there to see if there are places - Lana thinks there almost certainly will be, so that should work out ok. We will also try to get a morning swimming lesson one day a week, so that should make Olivia happy, even though she'll be sorry not to be able to go to playgroup any more.