Second time of trying – accidentally closed the wrong browser window part way through posting. D’oh.
Where was I?
Cross with the neighbours for lighting a fire while my washing was out.
Amazed at time taken to plant up seed trays while assisted by four year old. (Seeds should have been planted in the garden, but unless I dig up the lawn there isn’t currently any garden to plant them in. So I thought I’d shove them in the trays, which gives me a week or so to dig out the mound, and then I’ll see if I can transfer any seedlings out into the garden itself. I’m sure there are loads of reasons that a gardener could give me as to why this isn’t a good plan, but it was the best I could come up with).
Dd was watching her dvd this morning, and lost it completely when I asked her to put her pjs away and stopped the dvd – screamed at me and hit me. 🙁 We went up and had a long chat in her bedroom, and apparently this is because she wants to be learning things (not quite sure I see the connection, but still). I stopped the daily reading lessons when she faked illness to get out of a session (!) but she says she does want to learn to read, so we discussed starting them up again. The other thing is that I think she has some idea of learning as being a specific activity that I am supposed to lay on for her, and so she isn’t doing anything for herself. Dp and I discussed the reading thing while dd zoned out again on Barbie as Rapunzel (*sigh*) and we’re a bit stumped. I think I’m going to try 100EL again, but I’m going to look through the book with dd and show her which lesson involves actual real words, and then we’ll put a chart up and tick off lessons as we go so that she can see that she is making progress. I don’t like charts generally, but I can’t really think of another way around this one.
Dp went out with dd this afternoon and came back with a telescope, Model #78-9512 to be precise. So that might lead down some interesting paths. Ds had a nice long nap while they were out, so I enjoyed the somewhat unusual experience of about an hour on my own.
Dd and I cooked tea together and made risotto, which ds loved and ate his entire portion, and she decided she didn’t like and left. I’d hoped her being involved in the cooking would make her more likely to eat, but apparently not. And now it’s about time that I did some food for myself, so I’ll end here.
