Category Archives: Making things

messy stuff!

Autonomy and swine flu

Posted on Sun Jul 19 2009 by Jax

Not directly connected For the rest of the week, Small amused himself on the computer mainly. Occasionally this was very irritating, depending on what website he chose to focus on, but most of the time, I could see pretty direct … Continue reading →

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and so to the weekend

Posted on Wed Jul 15 2009 by Jax

Saturday morning we re-tidied the children’s room, this time to the point that sufficient floor was found to hoover. Quite an achievement, although there was still the strip in between the beds covered in scraps of paper. Tim decided to … Continue reading →

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Mathematical traumas

Posted on Tue Jul 7 2009 by Jax

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 →

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Jax the fire marshal

Posted on Fri Jun 26 2009 by Jax

Forest school yesterday, and the first time that we had a clash on car requirements, as Tim had arranged to go pick up L from London at the same time as forest school. Fortunately Em has three spare seats in … Continue reading →

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Fractious day

Posted on Tue Jun 23 2009 by Jax

Having done the classic thing of waiting for my deadline to finish my TMA work, I really needed to get stuck in this morning. Which of course meant that the children picked up on this desire to do otherwise than … Continue reading →

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Quiet day, followed by measuring, patterns and art on the beach.

Posted on Mon Jun 22 2009 by Jax

Yesterday I wasn’t much up for interaction, and Tim took the children out for an hour to give me some time and space. I think they had rather a good time of it at a nearby copse of trees with … Continue reading →

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May have walked too far…

Posted on Sat Jun 20 2009 by Jax

Yesterday I had a lot of twinges in my right side, particularly when pushing Small in the swings at the park. I thought that having a quiet day might help. So obviously I didn’t. Did have a bit of a … Continue reading →

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Two for the price of one

Posted on Mon Jun 15 2009 by Jax

days that is. And I really mustn’t do this, if I don’t blog the day slightly after the fact, I lose all the details. Let’s see, I’m trying to remember Sunday. It started slowly I think, with children’s tv, most … Continue reading →

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Big wants to learn

Posted on Tue Jun 9 2009 by Jax

Victorions Where we live Math’s Spelling Sionce a new langwig? Craft Poetry Accordingly, her library haul included two books on toys, Toys (What Was It Like in the Past?) and Look Inside a Victorian Toyshop. I found Seashore (Usborne Nature … Continue reading →

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Grey day.

Posted on Sun Jun 7 2009 by Jax

Saturday was kind of pathetic weather wise, especially compared to what we had at the beginning of the week, so I think that’s why the children couldn’t really be detached from the tv. Small does continue to write, draw and … Continue reading →

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Fingertips head stand

Posted on Sat Jun 6 2009 by Jax

Just seen this on tv and think it’s a possible present make so dumping it here so we don’t forget the link

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edited highlights

Posted on Mon Apr 27 2009 by Jax

mainly because blow by blow of how dreadful I feel isn’t interesting to me, and I’m sure it isn’t interesting to you either! Small wrote a story entitled “The story of Pregnancy” – it’s only a page long, but I … Continue reading →

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Knitting and ecotech.

Posted on Tue Apr 21 2009 by Jax

Today was my deadline before my second extension for my TMA, so obviously I was frantically writing it up and trying to finish it off yesterday. :/ Wonder if I’ll ever get to a point where I don’t run my … Continue reading →

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it’s the weekend

Posted on Sun Apr 19 2009 by Jax

Not that you can really tell much difference around here tbh, the children play as they always play, and if they get bored I pull something else out, so today Small was doing another Bond paper, this time maths. I … Continue reading →

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A good couple of days

Posted on Fri Apr 17 2009 by Jax

Tim decided against sleeping on the floor at old house and came back in the middle of the night, meaning that I didn’t need to roust the children out and catch a bus to the hospital, but could instead drive, … Continue reading →

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Library, gardening and Weakest link.

Posted on Fri Apr 10 2009 by Jax

Yesterday, after lying around feeling sorry for myself for a while (which seems to be a common theme among my friends atm ) I pulled myself together and took the children to the library. Big decided she wanted to have … Continue reading →

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And another day passes

Posted on Thu Apr 2 2009 by Jax

Tim and Small finished putting the curtain rail back up this morning and thus the computer/ tv ban was over, so they celebrated with a viewing of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I saw a game, Harry Potter … Continue reading →

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working out which way is up

Posted on Wed Apr 1 2009 by Jax

Actually did some stuff with/for the kids today – unpacked five boxes labelled craft shelves in the hope of finding the cards, and only found one kit, but it was enough to get them both set up making birthday cards … Continue reading →

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Backdating…

Posted on Wed Feb 25 2009 by Jax

Getting behind with blogging, this is the story of Monday, typed up on Tues at Merry’s, and posted from the Beans on Weds Can’t be bothered to change the date though! After the children get bored they move on to … Continue reading →

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Yet another weekend.

Posted on Sun Feb 15 2009 by Jax

I was very tired yesterday, not least because Tim and I stayed up unfeasibly late the night before catching up on TV (As an aside I highly recommend Big Bang Theory – Season 1 [2007] especially for those of us … Continue reading →

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