How was it for you? Children in Need Day, that is.

Like many schools across the land, ours had a non-uniform day to raise funds for Children in Need. Actually, I think that the Year 2s chose a local children's charity to give the money they raised to. In the initial letter that came out to parents, it was to be dressing up as either famous sports stars or famous pop stars. I wasn't overjoyed as, although for my son it was easy (I could convince him that a black pair of shorts and a red pullover was the kit of a famous footballer) I really didn't want my 6 year old daughter dressing up as a pop star and I couldn't think of what sports gear she would agree to wear. I briefly toyed with the idea of putting her wetsuit and her swim goggles on her, making a load of gold medals and telling her she was Phelps. Funnily enough, she didn't see this as a good idea. The theme got changed last minute to 'famous people', which helped, although I wasn't imaginative enough to come up with an outfit to fit that either.

In the end, Milly wore a pair of her brothers trousers, a rugby top and a cap and we told her she was a jockey. I think she only bought into this because she was allowed to take a space hopper with a horse's head (stuffed toy, not a real one) into school.

The excitement in the playground before school was palpable. I didn't envy the teachers (four of whom had come as teletubbies), although I'm sure they managed to get a small amount of work done!! Predictably, in Year 2, most boys were David Beckham, and the girls were all sorts from High School Musical. In Reception, there were a variety of princesses and a large number of spider/super men, plus a handful of boys who, like my son, had been duped into believing that Manchester United's aways strip is black. But the spookiest was a teeny, tiny girl who walked past me heading to her Reception class, dressed as Amy Winehouse. It was spookily accurate and I watched all of the mothers' jaws drop as she went past. Not really someone you would aspire to, however much you appreciate her singing/songwriting ability. But at the same time, the girl looked so uncannily like her, you had to admire the effort her family had put into it!

Whatever your schools did, I hope that everyone concerned had fun and that lots of money was raised!