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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Christmas no 2 and a birthday.
It’s Princess’s birthday today, so we gathered in a softplay area and gave her presents. We gave her a pack of books and an England supporter kit, and other ppl just kept on giving. I lost count of how many … Continue reading
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Happy birthday little sister.
Katrin would have been 29 today. I’m thinking of her. Her daughter is 6 today and for her sake, we will gather together and smile. I’ll shed my tears somewhere else, alone.
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More Christmas Beach Antics
Some photos from our walk on Sunday. Bracing would describe it with an icy East wind off the sea. Big and Small loved running on the beach and scampering up and down the groynes. We finished off with hot chocolate … Continue reading
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Christmas no1 nearly done and dusted
Yesterday S and D were hosting a party for their daughters and daughters’ friends, and we were invited. Small was having a not quite on this planet day though, and all of us were still suffering/ malingering (depending on your … Continue reading
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Christmas movies
Today we’ve watched Jack Frost [1999]. It’s done Small good to sit and watch for a bit – he’s had a fair bit of running around as well, we’ve been to the beach today. Boy it was nippy though – … Continue reading
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here’s looking at you
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It’s Christmas!
We went to the seaside, so we had to go to the beach. Dusk and the sea was flat calm. Big and Small were thrilled, Jax and I were mainly cold. Merry Christmas!
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Small and reading.
Have just tested Small’s reading level here He didn’t miss much until he got into the square with image, and then didn’t hit anything after that, giving him a score of 56, which is a reading level of 5.6, which … Continue reading
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Bailiffs get power to use force on debtors
The government has been accused of trampling on individual liberties by proposing wide-ranging new powers for bailiffs to break into homes and to use “reasonable force” against householders who try to protect their valuables. Under the regulations, bailiffs for private … Continue reading
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Reading is all I’m up to
Feels like someone has pulled my brain out of my ears and replaced it by slightly too much cotton wool, which is pressing uncomfortably on my ear drums and making thinking far too difficult. So I have done next to … Continue reading
Endings and beginnings.
Small has finished school now. He’s very happy. I said goodbye to a batch of children today, and mainly managed not to cry, although a couple of them got to me. Big and I have our last day tomorrow, last … Continue reading
Posted in Big, Doodling, drawing and decoration., Making things, Small steps, family
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Extinction
Not quite sure what to make of this. Looks like an ad for the book “Future Files”, interesting web site, not sure that much is new though.
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2008′s Most Regrettable Bank Slogans
From Cityfile New York. Must go and have a look for a few from this side of the pond. I bet there are some gems there too.
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Start the day the IT way
Small is getting into understanding the written world around him in a big way. He’s quite anxious to have more stuff on his blog (I’m pondering how to publicise it as I don’t want to just link and have all … Continue reading
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countdown to christmas, and change as well
Earlier this year, I hibernated this blog on the Early Years HE blogring, with this post as explanation. It’s time to come out again, and time for another explanation. In five working days time I won’t be working, and Big … Continue reading
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The world according to Small.
Big has gone away with Tim overnight. This has caused a level of anguish for Small as now he has no one to play with. Disregard if you will the fact that he and Big very rarely play together these … Continue reading
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Fun ways to learn about parallel lines
This was our maths lesson for the day today I’ve had to remove the embedded instructable movie as it was causing problems for IE users, but the project is the Super-cool easy 6 pointed snowflake – More DIY How To … Continue reading
Posted in Big, Jonny had two apples, Making things, Montessori minded
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