Every parent knows the particular silence of 2pm on a rainy Saturday. Here is what we reach for before anyone reaches for the remote.
The sofa fort protocol
Every cushion in the house, two chairs, one bedsheet, and the fairy lights from the Christmas box. Furniture rearrangement is half the fun; the other half is snacks served through the ‘window’.
Also in the rotation: a teddy-bear picnic on the kitchen floor, painting the bath tiles with washable paint, and the ever-reliable sock-matching race, which is secretly laundry.