September 2, 2026 · 8 min
The dress rehearsal for the first day of term
Shoes, bag, the walk to the gate, then home for biscuits, two days early.

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The shirt with the tag and the jumper with the seam
Sunday-night clothes sorting, and the school jumper we ended up buying three times.
Routines
Bedtime in seven steps, drawn on a card
The order we never change, and the one step Wren is allowed to swap.
