Bedtime

“Are you ready for a story?” I enquire, walking into the kids’ bedroom to see figures balancing precariously on their beds still in their day clothes, flying a small toy figure around in the pull cord of the electric ceiling fan.“Yes!” they chorus.I point out the lack of pyjamas."You can read to us while we get into pjs," they say, continuing to play.I decline to start down that slippery slope of