Now that school was in full swing, the weekdays all seemed to blend together. The boys were busy doing their homework and taking care of Dobby and Flash, and now they were getting ready for bed an hour earlier so we’d have time to read the next chapter of The Hobbit to them. That was how every school day went until Joshie’s birthday, which fell on Friday, September 14th.
We all wished him a happy birthday when he came down to breakfast that morning, before he left for school. After dinner t