Working from home with two young children around is a challenging balancing act. But I have a rule for myself: no matter what, if they ask me to play or read to them, I drop what I am doing, even if only for a few minutes. So we played ’tic tac toe.’

Fitz the rooster escaped from a nearby coop and now lives a few doors down from us in a neighbour’s yard as he can’t seem to fly back. We do not need an alarm clock.