OK, I know that isn’t the title 
Great morning – I didn’t get out of bed. Love my lazy days with breakfast brought to me and children wandering in and out to chat. Big was particularly good this morning – she started another fairy book in her reading time, asked permission to continue and then when she’d finished that, started another. She’s only got two chapters left to go on that one, but she couldn’t find it to finish off tonight, so she’s started yet another.
I did tell her she doesn’t need permission to read. Apart from in the middle of the night, when she should be sleeping We talked about how useful she finds reading, and how happy she is that she can read – I think the practice time paid off, as that’s what made the difference in the speed she can read now. Plus she’s started reading silently, although I think she still prefers to read out loud to herself if she can find somewhere quiet to do it.
Small came to talk to me too, but I can’t remember what about. I remember he was a bit sad and wanted a hug, but it wasn’t anything major. As usual he spent much of the day watching Numberjacks. A bit later on I got the cuisenaire blocks out for him, and he really enjoyed building stairs and other patterns. Must remember to do that more often for him.
This afternoon we started making presents out of Dangles and Bangles: 25 Funky Accessories to Make and Wear
We got wire, and more beads (you can never have too many beads) and then we sneaked a dolphin kit into the basket for Small after he dragged one around half the shop, but obediently put it back when asked. We stopped off at the services on the way home to get Burger King meals for the kids – that’s the last time I do that. Small ate about three chips, although Big did eat pretty much all of her meal and most of his, but the whole thing cost £5.18 for just two children. It only costs £5.25 for our whole family fish and chip meal – much better value.
Then at home, we made robots. The kids loved it, and them, although I don’t think we’re going to manage to pry them out of their hands to give them away which was the plan Now I’ve got to make some more, while watching Numb3rs, so I’ll wish you all a very lovely evening, and go get on.
eta piccie
Um, how did he spend most of the day watching Numberjacks? T was most disappointed that it wasn’t on CBeebies today.
Courtesy of Windows Media Center Edition.
Well, er, I don’t know what that means. Is it something anybody can get, or just techno-fiends?
Oh, I do like those little robots!
cool robots.
and yes Koanna, techno fiends. you need to hook your TV up to a hard drive and the internet
Robots look fab
Joanna we recently replaced our TV with a Media Center PC, this has a special version of Windows XP Pro installed called Windows Media Center Edition and comes with a TV card. The model we got receives both analogue and digital TV, and I tuned it to our local Freeview transmitter and disconnected our Sky box.
Inreality, Windows Media Center adds little or no funciotnality over and above what you have with Windows XP with more or less any TV card installed,you just get a nice interface. So, providing you have a PC with a decent graphics card all you need to do is add a tv card and you have a Freeview recorder/tv.
I have been thinking of upgrading to a dual tuner – one of these:-
“WinTV-NOVA-T-500, the dual digital DVB-T receiver for your PC! WinTV-NOVA-T-500 is a high sensitivity dual DVB-T receiver. Connect a digital TV aerial to the WinTV-NOVA-T-500, and you can watch and record DVB-T digital TV on your PC, in a window or full screen. With the dual digital tuners on WinTV-NOVA-T-500, you can record one digital TV channel while watching another. Or record two digital TV programs at once!” Which costs £59.82 ex vat at Dabs and to my way of thinking is a better deal than any set top box or Digital Video Recorder.
Ooh fab robots! dare I ask where you got the parts from?
Let’s see, beads and beading wire from hobbycraft and a box I bought off someone at school, ringpulls from our beer cans
and miscellaneous fixings from round and about. Daresay that probably doesn’t help at all.
They are really fab robots – most impressed!