Freya has been quite excited about her upcoming birthday, and had long ago written a wishlist. Items include:

• stick insect
• laptop
• perler beads
• make up
• books
• scooter
• Zhu Zhu Pets playset(s)
• Littlest Pet Shop stuff
• ice cream machine
• sweet machine
• Pokemon
• Moxie Girl
• Hello Kitty bag
• Sim card for her phone

Most of the above items are the kind of thing that any child over the last twenty years might wish for, but I’m not sure how many would desire a stick insect. In all fairness, she has been asking for a pet for a year now, and at least a stick insect will not last for an eternity. Jo will probably not be allergic to it, either.

We have bought her a laptop. Thankfully we got hold of a pretty snazzy second hand computer, refurbished and, by the look of it, new. It didn’t cost so much (hoorah!) and is actually a fair bit more powerful than the computer that Jo and I have. She will love it. So will we, when she goes to bed.