Half-mile-stones

Eloise, now being a big Year Five Girl and all that, has taken a little step towards independence,

I've felt for a while that the time was ripe for her to be walking to school by herself: it's not that far, it's reasonably safe, only one road to cross, etc. But I'd never quite made the leap. There was always something... early starts, heavy bags, whatever.

But now Eloise has taken things in her own hands and has teamed up with a little chum, and now it's three times a week: we drop her round her mate's house and they walk from there. Bags and all.