6th September 1920

"Tilly? Tilly, wake up. You need to get ready for school" Rose said as she shook her daughter gently. Tilly groaned "I don't want to gooooo, I'm too tired" she turned over. Rose chuckled "you've just had 12 hours sleep so I find that hard to believe. Come on, get up. Your Dad is taking you to school today" "why?" Tilly asked confused as it was normally Rose that did the school run. "Because James isn't going to school today. I'm going to pack his stuff for when his grandma comes tomorrow" "can I not stay at home too?" She asked "no darling" she chuckled "get up" "ughhhh" Tilly groaned as she dragged herself out of bed "good girl" Rose said as she helped her get changed "go and brush your teeth then I'll make you breakfast"

Just as Tilly was finishing her breakfast, Jack walked in to the kitchen "morning darling" he smiled at Tilly "morning Daddy" she smiled back. Jack and Rose had already said morning to one another. "Is Sophia still asleep?" Rose asked, getting a nod from Jack in response "she's turning in to you with all this sleeping in" she said to Tilly with a smile "please can you go and get your shoes and coat" Tilly nodded and skipped off to get them.

"Are you sure you're happy having James today?" Jack asked. Rose nodded in response "yes… it's fine. I'll pack his stuff then take him out this afternoon. What time will you be home?" She asked. "I'll finish early so I can collect Tilly from school. We should be home about 3.30" he smiled. "Thank you" she replied as Tilly came back in. "Right missy, say bye to Mummy, we need to head off" Tilly ran over to Rose and hugged her "bye mummy" she smiled up at her "bye darling, have a good day. I love you" Rose stroked her cheek. "Love you too" Tilly smiled and skipped off to the front door. Jack kissed Rose "have a nice day. I'll see you tonight. Love you" he kissed her "love you too" she smiled at him "Daddyyyyyy! Come on!" Tilly shouted from the door, making Jack and Rose chuckle. "Bye" Rose smiled as he walked out the house.

Rose headed upstairs and in to James's room "James, time to wake up" she said as she opened his curtains. "I don't want to get up" he replied "well we need to pack your stuff and then we can go out and do something. What would you like to do?" She asked "oh… erm… can we go to the movie theatre?" He asked "if Mary or Lucy can look after Sophia then yes we can" she nodded "go and get ready, I'll pack your stuff then we can head off in to town" she smiled gently. James just nodded and climbed out of bed, leaving as Rose began to pack his stuff.

Once Rose had packed most of James's stuff, she, James and Sophia headed in to town and to the inn.

"Hey Mary" she smiled as she walked in "Rose dear! Hello!" She smiled. "I have a favour to ask" she gave a guilty smile "yes?" "Would you mind having Sophia for a few hours please? James leaves tomorrow so I've said we can do something, and he wants to go to the movie theatre. No worries if not, I'm sure we can find something else to do" Rose said "no, no it's OK. I'll get my husband to cover the desk today" Mary smiled "thank you so much" Rose smiled. "There's 2 bottles under the pram along with her other stuff. She should be good as gold but you know where Jack and I are if not. We'll only be a couple of hours" Rose said "no worries dear. Enjoy the film" Mary smiled again. Rose bent down to kiss Sophia's head "bye baby, see you soon" she said as she thanked Mary again and left.

Rose and James went to see the film before heading for some food at the diner. "So, are you looking forward to seeing your Grandmother?" Rose asked, getting an eager nod in response "I can't wait! She lives by the sea and she lets me do whatever I want" he smiled. 'No surprise there' Rose thought to herself once again. "Well she'll be here tomorrow. I'm sure she's looking forward to seeing you too" Rose smiled. "You finished?" She asked as he put his knife and fork down. "Yes" he nodded. "Let's go then, I best go and collect Sophia" she said as she stood up. James nodded and followed Rose out the diner.

James was playing in his bedroom whilst Rose was in the living room holding Sophia and reading a book when Jack and Tilly arrived home. "Mummy!" Tilly smiled and ran over to her. "Hey sweetheart! Did you have a good day?" Rose smiled. Tilly nodded and climbed on to the sofa beside her. "Hi Sophia" Tilly smiled at her, getting a giggle from her in response. "Hey" Jack smiled as he leant down to Rose. "Hey" she smiled back and stroked his cheek. "How was your day?" She asked "yeah, it was good, we were busy today so it went quite fast" he nodded and held out his arms for Sophia "yours?" "It was good. I took James to the movies and for lunch. Mary had Sophia" Rose replied as she passed him Sophia "Where is he now?" Jack asked "playing in his room. He wanted to go up when we got home" she said. "OK…" Jack replied.