a reasonable start to the day

which is impressive, considering that I was woken up at 4.30 by the batteries on the phone giving out! 🙁 (Would like to understand how come that only woke me up – I’m the one who is *supposed* to be deaf!)

Anyway, did manage to get up and going, got a load of washing on with dds help, got us all up and washed and dressed, and had life coaching call while dd played with her cuisenaire rods again. (They really are excellent, and the cards which came with them are a definite bonus). We also measured our sunflowers again, and we need to look up how much water they need. Bit more time spent discussing telling the time, and dd helped sort the post, which requires her to do some letter spotting.

She made her own sandwiches for lunch again, and ds is still managing to drink from his cup, but only when someone else holds it. He is full of cold today, and a bit sorry for himself 🙁

Trying to decide whether I can be bothered to load up and go out this aft – bit low on inspiration where to go.


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