Monthly Archives: June 2006

Have you booked your holidays yet?

I have had one haircut in the last five years. The time before, I got fed up with the whole business of haircuts and had the hairdresser whip it all off to a No 2. Last year, I started to … Continue reading

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Nightmares

Big can hardly have been asleep for more than about an hour, but she’s just appeared in tears. She timed her arrival nicely to go along with some bloke wandering about on our drive, so Tim shot outside to deal … Continue reading

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And the rest of the day

Apart from dictating her experiment today, Big has done lots of work on maths. Completely unprompted and with only a little guidance at that – she found a box of post office toys (tried to find a link, but elc … Continue reading

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the experiment – the results

Purpose We wanted to do an experiment to see how the sun heats different coloured things up differently. Hyphothesis We expected the black jar to be the warmest. Materials. We had three clear glass jars. A sheet of black card, … Continue reading

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Spending other ppl’s money.

As you may be aware, it was Small’s birthday on monday. As is traditional, he received a number of presents, including some money from his Grandfather, along with a note instructing that it be spent on him, on his birthday. … Continue reading

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An experiment

Big wants to do an experiment, so Tim and I have devised one. I have three jars (unfortunately not identical, but hopefully similar enough that it won’t throw it too much) and we’re going to put the same amount of … Continue reading

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Listening to

Amused by: Small. ‘It is morning now?’ ‘Yes it is.’ ‘I get dressed now?’ ‘Yes, OK then’ (while typing away on keyboard and not really paying attention). Next moment he handed me his pjs! Oh, and forgot this one from … Continue reading

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Very much better, thank you

That would be the small boy. Still slightly whingy, a bit subdued, and they both hit the wall at 4.30 and turned into complete whinge monsters, but overall it’s been a good day. Someone, when she was here last weekend, … Continue reading

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Slightly pathetic dragon

Small appears to have got himself a cold from somewhere – he had a very disturbed night, coming in with me for a couple of hours, which is unlike him these days, and then slept in til nearly 10am. He’s … Continue reading

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