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Category Archives: reeling, writhing
Finishing off tidying
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
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
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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(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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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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Sun, foghorns, fog, sun, Beavers.
I am not used to this coastal microclimate. We started the day with baking sunshine, so I advised the children to get their playing outside done early so they could retreat to a dvd later, and made sure that I … Continue reading
Sunday at Kentwell
Up early on Sunday as we had a freecycler coming round to collect two divan bases from the garage. In the end she took all three, and now we have half a garage clear. And Tim will be taking L’s … Continue reading
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Saturday beach trip
As previously mentioned, L needed a lie in on Sat morning, something to do with us all staying up far too late chatting Plus she arrived here with a stinking head cold, and while she could have done with some … Continue reading
Trying to be more available
so obviously the kids were completely self entertaining yesterday. Sigh. Well, I was mainly more available, apart from the hour or so I spent shopping for clothes that would go over the bump without sweltering me – got a great … Continue reading
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Fractious day
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
A quieter day
with a return to funking on my part. Started with the delivery of the final part of my Amazon order, Understanding English – Spelling for Key Stage 2 for Big. She glanced at it and discarded it, as they were … Continue reading
A day of deliveries, outings and swimming.
Am attempting to drag myself out of bed slightly earlier in a morning, which is working in terms of less friction between the children, but isn’t doing my energy levels much good. I’m really tired all the time! But there … Continue reading
Two for the price of one
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
Don’t they know it’s the weekend?
I think it was as I was getting my breakfast that I overheard Tim explaining Stone age, Bronze age, Iron age to Small, another conversation prompted by observation of one of his castle figures. From there somehow they moved on … Continue reading
Some much needed socialisation
for me! The children attend Brownies and Beavers, and on Tuesday Big starts swimming lessons. I offer a variety of other opportunities to get out and about, and they take me up on walks to the beach, library outings, shopping. … Continue reading
The personal stuff
Went to doctor’s about Small this morning, referral to community paediatrician set in motion. Not sure what they do, but there you go. That was after I’d slept in, I’m not sleeping well during the night, so given that I’d … Continue reading
Meet Jax, the entertaining educational machine.
As promised to the children, my alarm went off at 8 am this morning. Given that I didn’t get to sleep until well after midnight, despite being in bed before it, then woke again at 5 and did that horrid … Continue reading
