Yesterday evening when Sarah and Jo were cleaning out Sarahs pet snails (look it was them or a puppy or a blue whale or a Griffin) Sarah made an exciting discovery.

You may remember that when we put them in to this enclosure box thing that Sarah asked why two of them were "cuddling" I told her they were having sex and she was Ok with it. Well they really were at it as the discovery was six tiny teeny little baby snails loose were before there had only been adults.

She was dead pleased.

But I think it has addled her brain.

When I got home this evening, she was busy at the table making something out of a shoe box. "Guess what I am making daddy!"

"A mess on the table that you will refuse or forget to clear away before dinner?"

"No, a house for my boyfriend. I'm going to marry him"

"Oh good" said I thinking it was time to call social services "Who is this boyfriend then?" (and how the hell will he be able to live in a shoe box!)

"here he is!"

And she held up a tiny, little, hand made out of plastiscene, SNAIL.

Called, wait for it "Snail, not Mr Snail yet because we're not married"

I thought insanity skipped a generation.

I love her but she is clearly nuts.

Went to the British Museum last night (yes I know I told you already! sheees calm down!) with Jo and Sarah.

We were all a bit soggy on arrival thanks to the wonderful British summer, and squelched into the main entrance and headed for the Egyptian Galleries.

The entire museum seemed to be filled with boy scouts and other strangly uniformed young people from all over the world! Could hardly move in the galleries for people trying to take pictures.

So we moved around the painted caskets and some of my Egyptology course came back to me, so I told Sarah why there were eyes painted on one side of the coffins, what the canopic jars were for, why they put little model boats and such in the burials, what the little shabti figures were for. Sounded almost educated I did!

She of course loved the unwrapped mummified body and the arm that is so dry it looks like it is made from wood. We even saw the mummified cats, bulls and food!
I think Sarah understood why these items were put in the tombs when I explained it, but you cant ram information in there by force.

After this we all headed off to Wagamama for some noodles and sutch, which was great (I recomend the Chilli Chicken Remen) I like the fact that the food is good but reasonably priced and its all just benches at tables and no pretence at poshness. Just good cheap food.

Then back home to put a sleepy little explorer to bed.