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Category Archives: Soa
Now we are two.
It’s been a fairly low key birthday today for Smallest. Big made and iced her a cake (yes, I’m impressed. First time she’d used fondant icing and she made a fabulous job of it.) Small got down on the floor … Continue reading
Skinned knees and dry nappies.
Today Smallest wore a pretty dress. She loves her pretty dresses. Unfortunately they don’t offer a lot of protection to the knee area, so when she tripped while we were out in the garden she skinned her knee pretty thoroughly. … Continue reading
Hannibal returns.
Years ago, when I was a much younger and less experienced parent (and actually thought there might be a Right Way to do things, that only I didn’t know) Big went to nursery. It was a very good nursery. The … Continue reading
Learning to read, take three.
What with the whole home education thing, I’ve been very involved in the learning to read process for both of my older children. I think I’ve learnt something from that experience. Point 1 – there is no one way that … Continue reading
Hectic hurried days.
Have had a couple of horriedly hectic days this week, with appts in far flung places and odd gaps in between. Fortunately have managed to fill some of the gaps with friends, like the Puddles and the Beans It’s cost … Continue reading
Montessori moment.
This is how I got 10 minutes to sweep the kitchen floor. I sat her in her chair with two small bowls, some sugar puffs and a spoon, and showed her transferring between bowls. She was engrossed. Sure, some of … Continue reading
Kentwell and 1553.
Today I dragged the children out of bed just after 7, nearly three hours earlier than their preferred rising time in order to drag them 45 mins across country to an open day for potential re-enactors at Kentwell Hall. It … Continue reading
Tired tweeting.
Typing one handed and slightly tipsy over the head of a beautiful babe slowly going to sleep at my breast. On my breast? Whatever. She is definitely beautiful. They all are. The gorgeous 11 yo who doesn’t fit under my … Continue reading
Baby led weaning.
So there’s a new report out is there, that now says exclusive breast feeding until six months could be a problem. I haven’t read the report. I’m not going to. I haven’t even read any of the newspaper articles about … Continue reading
Questionaut, biology and yet more lego
So Big went away last night, dropped her off with a home ed friend, so that they could spend the day at UEA doing biology. By all accounts they had an absolutely fabulous time – she was full of it … Continue reading
Once around the sun
another year is done. Another year is over and now you are one. I can’t believe it’s been a year. This was the first day. (It’s possible I was a little tired.) Couple of weeks on. First Christmas.
Lansinoh breast pump and accessories review
When I went back to work 14 weeks after Big was born, sending expressed milk to nursery with her was my personal line in the sand. I couldn’t stop her crying, I didn’t really know how to hold her, and … Continue reading
She’s got the whole world in her hands
I don’t do those monthly letter to a baby posts that so many bloggers do. But I’ve realised that I barely mention soa except in passing, so I thought I would do a post focussing on her as she is … Continue reading
AFK
Aargh, days are slipping by without blogging again! Tim was away for a couple of nights at the beginning of the week, which cut down drastically on my (evening) computing time. It also meant a convoluted set of logistics for … Continue reading
The baby book category
I never managed to keep a baby book for either of the other two. (In fact we found the blank one the other day that I had for Big I think, came out of a box in the garage. I … Continue reading
Back to school.
That would be the school situated in our living room, with a school day that goes nearly all round the clock Home education for us is very home centred right atm, due mainly to soa’s needs and requirements. We are … Continue reading
Put the baby down and walk away.
A lot of the time if I put soa down and sit back down in my chair, she gets really unhappy. She can still see me, and smell me, and I think she can’t quite understand why she should be … Continue reading
