Monthly Archives: July 2005

…at The Portico party. Thank you Chris, Alison and parents.   We did have very tired children this afternoon on the way back though.   For anyone who wants to know why I rushed back to search for Small’s Fimble.

Small made a very muddy puddle at the bottom of the slide and then dropped his toy fimble in it. He came to find me to tell me all about it, ever so upset. Never mind, I said, he’ll just … Continue reading →

BBC NEWS | Education | Bad parents ‘should be punished’ What with, lines??? Honestly, these ppl haven’t got a clue have they? Comments like – “Many families treated schools as a “glorified crèche” and failed to instil adequate social skills … Continue reading →

And it looks like it’s gonna be another sleepless night…. although it wasn’t Tim talking in his sleep this time (and when he does it tends to be about business meetings!), it was Small discovering that he can sign to … Continue reading →

like Sarah and Kris Regular readers have probably noticed a lack of energy and general buzz to this blog of late, and I daresay nobody has noticed me withdrawing from list life, but I’ve done that too. I’ve been struggling … Continue reading →

A warm welcome to Deb W at NotSheep who has just joined the blogring, and takes the award for the fastest ever joining process – 5 minutes from application to approval! Damn, we’re good

by answering the door to the speech therapist still in your mismatched pjs, you’d think it could only get better. Sadly not Small thoroughly enjoyed playing lots of games with her. He will have a go at signs, yet to … Continue reading →

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(Crochethook) Ferret Hammock

Attempting to motivate myself to get a job. Or do something around the house. Or something! I’m feeling very grey and slothlike atm, don’t know quite why. Pleasant morning with just the boy yesterday morning, did lots of speech encouraging … Continue reading →

BBC NEWS:Education:Kelly to promise £27m free books For children aged one to two, there will be a Bookstart Plus pack, with a satchel-style bag, two books, a scribble pad and crayons, a booklist for toddlers and information about local libraries. … Continue reading →

Passengers said that a man – described as South Asian – ran on to a train. They said police chased him, he tripped, then they shot him. “They pushed him on to the floor and unloaded five shots into him. … Continue reading →

Success! Not only did I make it to the post office (with minutes to spare) and the bank, but as we arrived home Big’s friend arrived and she has now departed to the cinema, to be delivered back around lunchtime … Continue reading →

was so proud of myself yesterday afternoon. Checked the times of the local big post office. Found all the paperwork, finally filled it in, put it in an envelope. Parcelled up some stuff to loan to one friend, and a … Continue reading →

Had completely forgotten that Big has been invited for a sleepover tomorrow night. Thankfully P just called to check it was still OK, which means she is going. And what’s more, they are going to the cinema to see Madagascar. … Continue reading →

New blogring member – welcome to Debbie!

Big did indeed want to do her times tables book last night. She did half of it, and I nearly tore my hair out throughout – she has nothing like a logical approach to mathematical problems, I guess it is … Continue reading →

while the going was good So let’s concentrate on that then. We had some painful reading sessions – painful as in forgetting the word she read the line before and not recognising it again. Nevertheless, we staggered through three pages … Continue reading →

Prior to the election I mentioned the replacement of our long-standing MP, Harry Barnes, with Natascha Engel, a ‘Blair babe’. Just as a recap, I have been to see what we are actually getting out of this person. Let’s see, … Continue reading →