Not quite sure how the children entertained themselves for most of yesterday, as Tim and I were busy sorting and reorganising to move ourselves down from the loft bedroom. It was beginning to get a bit silly me climbing the ladder, and certainly wouldn’t have worked well once babe is actually here!
So I sorted through [...]
So let’s talk about the nice bits
Big settled quickly to her work again this morning – it seems possible that I’ve now found the right level of things to be working with her on both spelling and handwriting so she enjoyed it today. We did some work on a_e and ay words [...]
After a jampacked Tues, obviously the next thing to do was have a fun filled Weds too.
Hm.
Not sure that I’ve quite got the hang of this scheduling yet.
Anyway, we started out by dashing over to the next town to drop off my TMA – looked like there was another envelope without stamp on her doormat [...]
On Friday I decided I needed to get to the bottom of my blood test results and understand whether I needed medication or not, and whether my preferred option of homebirth was a realistic one. So I nerved myself up and rang the doctors, to find out that they now have a new phone system [...]
Woke at 6.30, got up at 8.30 already feeling like it was nap time. Could have been a disastrous day accordingly, but fortunately found an email from Em inviting us over, so once Small had had time to come around and be gently persuaded that he would enjoy it, we set off for Em’s.
And enjoy [...]
Big was off to a Guiding centenary event on Sunday, she had a guest invite for anyone who had been a brownie/guide before so we’d roped in a cousin who went right the way through to rangers. Was a good choice – when they got there to find out that there was a permission form [...]
Sunday we had intended to go to Bawdsey radar open day via the foot ferry. But instead, after the cooked breakfast, the girls and I started on a patchwork skirt for their toys.
As is usual, I horrendously underestimated the time taken just to cut out 25 5″ squares, so C was still cutting at lunch [...]
Saturday morning evaporated away, I’m sure that there was playing, I seem to remember doing washing, oh and we communally weeded a tub to put in some tomato plants I’d been given. Turned out that the tub had previously had potatos in it and the children, but mainly C, rescued a big bowlful of very [...]
Friday heralded our last time travellers trip to Framlingham for the summer. We’d already finished the passports and put them in the post, and Small’s bag arrived in the morning. It’s not desperately exciting, but it will serve to remind him of the activities Am hoping that Big’s bag arrives very soon, as [...]
Falling behind in blogging again, it really won’t do!
End of the month Thursday, so it was Forest School. I thought I’d got up in ample time to get us ready to go, but I had, as usual, underestimated the time required to talk Small into leaving the house. He is incredibly activity resistant atm, or [...]
Last Tuesday morning swim – next week it reverts to evening sessions. Got up to find that the loo wouldn’t flush, didn’t appear to be refilling with water. Odd, but assumed it would be something Tim would sort out.
(Yes, I know that doesn’t sound very feminist, but Tim knows way more about looking after houses [...]
Bil was very organised this morning and struck the tent before the preteens were awake. Well, the second bedroom and the outer anyway. When they woke up and stumbled out he asked them if anything was missing.
“Um, the washing line?”
“What, not the tent?”
doh. They breakfasted and putered, and Big taught Princess and Scott how [...]
Not a particularly good combination for a harmonious morning! Despite their late night, all children were up reasonably early, although the preteens were the last, unsurprisingly. They mainly managed to play on moshi monsters – there was an attempt to play monopoly junior, but it was abandoned on the bedroom floor after not very long.
Adults [...]
it took longer than anticipated to finish off Tim’s costume and make Big’s though the constant interruptions and heckling from the offspring really didn’t help. So we set off about the time the party was due to start. Sigh.
Still arrived with plenty of time to spend with friends though, so that was good
Great [...]
Got up this morning to find two deliveries in the porch – maths books from Maths no problem and our new veg box from Abel and Cole.
The veg box scared me slightly, so I left it in the kitchen while I hid behind a netbook, but the maths books went down really well with Big. [...]
On Friday we went over to see Em. The kids took stuff to play magic school, including spare wands for E and R, and I took a bag of yarn and various patterns so I could start something else.
In the end, they didn’t play magic school, but it was a game filled afternoon as Em [...]
I spent Weds trying to persuade the children to tidy their room. Seems incredible to think that this took a whole day, but as Big spent the morning stropping in and out while Small played and watched Bod and then I spent the afternoon persuading him to sort things while she played or read or [...]
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 has had her mathematical confidence dented over the last couple of years by osmosis, and [...]
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 do hit it off too though, loved the times when they were running [...]
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 by the time we headed out, but we took fruit and water, crisps and sun [...]
