She's informed us she's staying in the hotel...oi! *g* Reminds me, while we were on the ferry to our holiday island we met a little boy (a bit younger than Ros, though), who unlike all other kids (they generally LOVE being on ships, with the sea and the birds and all) didn't like it there and he informed his parents that he'd rather wanted to be home and that he hated it there. It was quite heart-breaking. We met him the next day on the beach, happily building a sand castle with his dad. No sign of "I hate it here" whatsoever. Oh, to be a kid again... Fingers crossed for Ros changing her mind soon, so no tantrums have to be fought.

Basically everything Astrid Lindgren wrote is wonderful - she was one modern woman, way ahead of her time! I adored all her books, Pippi, Madita and especial Michel, who is called Emil in Swedish. And that's just the tip of the iceberg! She's written so many wonderful stories! It's a bit too early for Ros, I reckon, but if you need some help in tracking the books I could have an eye out here, it's probably easier to find copies in English here in Europe. Just let me know!

You'll be pleased to hear I started my research - I spent the whole lunch break reading through all kinds of circus-related Wikipedia articles, noting all important vocabulary (Fire eating! Knife throwing! Aerial silk! Stilts! Chapeaugraphy! (Guess who will be brilliant at this??) Awwww!). Momentarily I'm downloading an album of circus music. I'm quite loving this... *g*