Lovely to chat with you too, as always. As for a regular time - my Tuesdays are actually quite open in the afternoons, if that works for you as well. (Barring a deluge of work I need to correct, of course, but I think that's manageable.)

As to the first years - well, I do get to see them in more encouraging settings. And, of course, some of them take to school like brooms to air, and others of them need coaxing. But I am always pleased when there are signs of independent thought.