Category Archives: Where did you say you were going?

and which way up does this map go?

A tale of two children.

Posted on Thu Nov 5 2009 by Jax

My children are very similar, and very different. I’m often accused of cloning, which I find amusing now that they are growing up – Big’s hair has darkened and her blue eyes are now brown. Small is still blond and … Continue reading →

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autonomy vs peace and quiet…

Posted on Sat Sep 19 2009 by Jax

I have been waiting since January for my children to deschool, stop watching endless CBBC or playing on mind numbing websites, for them to show and develop some interests and learn to get along instead of screeching and bickering all … Continue reading →

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Sutton Hoo.

Posted on Sun Sep 13 2009 by Jax

I’ve driven past the signs to Sutton Hoo lots of times on our way to Framlingham Castle, but somehow I hadn’t registered that it’s really very close to us, linking it in my mind with Framlingham, which is about a … Continue reading →

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last day of August

Posted on Wed Sep 2 2009 by Jax

and where did the summer go? Blink and you miss it. Although I’m hopeful that we’ll stay warm and dry for a little longer, I’m quite disturbed at how the evenings are drawing in already. Monday was a mainly quiet … 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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swimming, putering and HE courtesy of Tesco.

Posted on Tue Aug 4 2009 by Jax

Swimming first thing this morning, which necessitated waking up Small and dragging him out of bed. Shouldn’t have bothered, as according to the leisure centre he doesn’t exist – there was no letter for him for his next block of … Continue reading →

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Defensive orgo planning

Posted on Fri Jan 2 2009 by Jax

For pretty much as long as she has been able to talk, Big’s last question of the day has been “what are we doing tomorrow?” and my standard answer is “I don’t know yet”. I’m not a person who lives … Continue reading →

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Trip on a train.

Posted on Sat Nov 15 2008 by Jax

It was an Open University Open Event in Leeds today. I don’t like driving into Leeds. I really didn’t like the idea of driving into Leeds with two children in the car shouting helpful comments like “you’ve gone the wrong … Continue reading →

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One week down

Posted on Sat Sep 6 2008 by Jax

of our new school attendance pattern, and I think it’s gone pretty well all round. Big is now going four days a week, and Small three, so they’re both back to flexi-schooling, which I think suits them both well. Big … Continue reading →

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The good, the bad and the downright ugly.

Posted on Fri Mar 11 2005 by Jax

Good: Primary geography sparking off map activity this morning, lots of jigsaw activity for both of them, including the 20 Word Puzzles that we’ve had for ages (that’ll be a reading activity then), cooking tea together. Getting an hour on … Continue reading →

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Good weekend.

Posted on Mon Dec 6 2004 by Jax

Big was out for the night Friday night, then I picked her up for swimming Saturday morning. Slight glitch was that it was her teacher’s birthday so she’d taken a day off, and there was a standin. The good news … Continue reading →

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Finally got Small to bed…

Posted on Tue Nov 2 2004 by Jax

but boy did it take some doing. I think my next project for the year is going to have to be sorting out his sleeping patterns – I’ve just spent two nights away from home, and I didn’t get any … Continue reading →

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Well, it seemed like a quiet day

Posted on Sat Oct 16 2004 by Jax

until I got around to ticking the category list! How did we fit so much in? Up very early is one clue, as it was Big’s swimming lesson at 9.40 this morning. She and I fell out before and after, … Continue reading →