Category Archives: Puters!

where would we be without them? Not blogging, that’s for sure.

Sunday sun.

Posted on Sun Aug 23 2009 by Jax

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 … Continue reading →

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5 children, 2 puters, 1 website.

Posted on Sun Aug 23 2009 by Jax

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 … Continue reading →

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Questseekers and cousins.

Posted on Sat Aug 22 2009 by Jax

Friday morning, we managed to locate all library books, and persuade Small that he needed to take some of them back. He was not very happy about this. He hasn’t read quite a few of them – he tends to … Continue reading →

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Maths, Time travelling and scanning

Posted on Thu Aug 20 2009 by Jax

Can’t quite remember how I got into the battle with Big Wednesday morning over her maths, but we did. From being thrilled with the new books, she’s now back into full resistant maths is boring mode. But I put my … Continue reading →

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cause and effect or bribery and punishment?

Posted on Fri Aug 14 2009 by Jax

First day of the new system, it appears that the children had a rather different idea to how it was going to work than I did. Our system doesn’t involve boxes per child prestacked with work – I’m nowhere near … Continue reading →

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Something’s got to change.

Posted on Wed Aug 12 2009 by Jax

Another day of petty squabbling and far too much screen time, with reluctance to go outside (it did rain somewhat, which didn’t help) which culminated in tears at bedtime when Small wanted to play as they barely had all day, … Continue reading →

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Days not to dwell on

Posted on Tue Aug 11 2009 by Jax

Monday was one of those days. By about 10 o’clock I was offering Big out on brightkite – she was in a foul mood for no apparent reason, and any interchange with her resulted in screaming and wailing or stropping … Continue reading →

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two hours on my own

Posted on Mon Aug 10 2009 by Jax

although why I spent them in Sainsburys I can’t imagine! That was the afternoon though. The morning passed in the standard haze of ‘putering and refereeing small squabbles about who had overrun their turn and so on. Won a knitting … Continue reading →

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A little art appreciation in the morning.

Posted on Sun Aug 9 2009 by Jax

It was the last day of the local art group’s art exhibition yesterday, so I decided that we were going to make it down there, and organised a family walk out. Beautiful weather – very sunny and hot again. Kids … Continue reading →

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and so to Friday.

Posted on Fri Aug 7 2009 by Jax

Had invited Big’s friend C round for a playdate, but didn’t tell the children til this morning as I couldn’t stand the steadily mounting excitement pitch that I would have had, nor the disappointment if she didn’t turn up. Was … Continue reading →

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Maths in the morning, maths in the evening

Posted on Fri Aug 7 2009 by Jax

a little bit of time-travelling in between A good way to spend a Thursday. Kids started the day with putering, but soon drifted towards their maths books, aided by Tim and me taking them out to the garage to find … Continue reading →

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Deliveries, friends and a trip to the beach.

Posted on Wed Aug 5 2009 by Jax

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 … Continue reading →

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hovercraft, puters and stuff

Posted on Mon Aug 3 2009 by Jax

Didn’t have a good night’s sleep last night, so was reluctant to start the day today. Am told by Tim that I missed Small strumming his guitar this morning, but there you go. Once I was down and breakfasted, the … Continue reading →

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Slightly soggy Saturday with science and music.

Posted on Mon Aug 3 2009 by Jax

Occasionally, it rains here. Sometimes it rains quite a lot. Saturday was a rainy day – every now and then it dropped a lot of water, and then there were dry patches. Small is taking off with his Science School … Continue reading →

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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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Balloons, science and yet more putering.

Posted on Fri Jul 17 2009 by Jax

Get the feeling that when Big gets back Small is going to go into serious computer withdrawal. Left to his own devices I think he would just educate himself entirely autonomously by exploring the internet until he understood it all. … Continue reading →

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Swimming and MMORPG

Posted on Thu Jul 16 2009 by Jax

Small spent most of Tuesday expanding his understanding of RPGs. Every now and then he needed to regroup and spent some time back with CBeebies, mainly on tikkabilla He got lots out of fusion fall, and then eventually, I dragged … Continue reading →

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Just one child

Posted on Wed Jul 15 2009 by Jax

On Monday, Tim took Big up to Yorkshire to spend some time with L. Obviously first of all we had to have traumas as she thought she’d packed the day before, but she’d forgotten things like cuddlies, and coats and … Continue reading →

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Finishing off tidying

Posted on Sat Jul 11 2009 by Jax

Thurs appears to have become a bit of a blur to me, I really should blog immediately after the day or even in the evening. Hohum. I know there was more finishing off of tidying – the room is almost … 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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