Learner Dad: Pick'n'mix makes me nostalgic for lemon sherbets and fudge of my childhood

The walk up to school this morning was all talk of lemon bonbons, sour snakes and chocolate mice

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We’re gone mad for pick'n'mix in our house this week . Not eating them, mind you – it’s more talking about them non-stop. It’s a welcome break from Pokémon cards.

Those cards were all my seven year old wanted to talk about for a few weeks. He loved getting new ones and trading them with people in the playground, he loved the way it got him kudos with a gang of older boys, and I loved watching him tend to his latest obsession. His hippy sister was a Pokémon card fan for about a week, but she tends to flit like a butterfly from one thing to the next.