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Monthly Archives: July 2009
new crocs, new suntan lotion, more swimming and a book of lists
Small and I walked into town on our own on Tues morning, as he was in need of new crocs and new suntan lotion. He hadn’t told me that his previous crocs were too small, and I’d noticed when checking … Continue reading
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Mathematical traumas
over the weekend I printed out placement tests from Maths no problem for both offspring. Small is acquiring maths concepts in the same way he acquires all knowledge (ie I have no idea, just suddenly he knows something) but Big … Continue reading
Wondering how Ed Balls thinks the rest of us cope
his twitter post this morning: on the way to Cabinet… 9am start not v family-friendly… Thank good ness for grandparents… So school isn’t family friendly, business isn’t family friendly, working in a shop isn’t family friendly, in fact, pretty much … Continue reading
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Wearable Food
Small modelling a chocolate 99. We are big on wearable food here, my speciality is the egg and bacon sandwich tie.
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quiet recovery day
Kirsty and co up and offed before lunchtime today – with James having work commitments he wanted at least some afternoon at home. The kids had done really well together, Small particulary enjoyed boy playtime I think A and Big … Continue reading
Very sunny beach day.
As we are now close to the beach, it’s rather a draw for small visitors, so a beach trip was in order for Saturday. It took the adults (namely me!) a while to get going, so it was nearly lunchtime … Continue reading
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tidy up and wait
Anticipating visitors on Friday afternoon/ evening, we spent most of Friday morning attempting to process washing and find floors. Some of us were more successful than others. And by lunchtime I’d had about enough of my acid reflux, and headed … Continue reading
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(more) kindness of passing strangers.
Thursday was hot. So hot that I decided it was probably just as well that we weren’t going to the cloth place as well as Small’s Beaver sausage sizzle, as it would probably be way too much for them. So … Continue reading
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It sounds crazy…
Box clever: Singapore’s magic formula for maths success Tagline: It sounds crazy but Singapore has shot up the league tables by dropping traditional methods from its maths lessons and getting children to be creative. The only bit about this that … Continue reading
Democracy in action?
Tonight I am feeling betrayed and let down by a man who in all reality has no responsibility to me at all. Lord Lucas has placed an amendment against the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill as follows: 311 Insert … Continue reading
Science in the sun.
Today we had a day round at WF house planned, with added science experiments. So I got up at 8 to sort out contribution to bring and share lunch, as well as sorting out washing and so on. In the … Continue reading
Midwife, library and swimming.
Trying morning on Tuesday with Big, who is well into the pre teen hormone surge and seems determined to exploit it. Children argued extensively over DVDs – beginning to wish I hadn’t bothered bringing the box in from the garage, … Continue reading
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