The baby has cracked crawling and thinks her sibling’s bedroom is just the most exciting place ever.
This has led to us getting a stairgate out of the garage. I don’t really like doing this, but given that Small point blank refuses to pick up and put away, I don’t think we have another option. Amusingly (if you have the twisted sense of humour that I do) it turns out that he can open the gate to get into the lounge but can’t open it to get out again ie it’s not just a baby prison.
He’s had a good week. When I finally managed to get him to swimming on Tues (last morning session next week thankfully) only 10 minutes late for a 30 minute session, it was to find that he’s been moved up a group. I have a green hat boy 🙂 🙂 I think that actually this does mean I have two swimming offspring – green hats are in the shallow end of the real pool and in this group they do lengths. They don’t get moved up until they have recognisable breast, back and crawl and I did think last week when we were swimming that he looks different in the water now. He looks like he fits. He doesn’t look like a creature of the water like Big does, but there’s time for that yet.
So, another proud mummy moment related to a swimming pool 😀
I spend a lot of time at the swimming pool. Big currently does fun swim on a Mon, lesson on Tues, swim club on Friday and in two weeks starts rookie lifeguard on a Thurs. She’s hoping to move up into the Bronze squad at club which would add in a Weds session too. So I went with the flow and signed up for a swimming membership – I can take soa in for free with me, and it will mean I can take the other kids without worrying too much about the cost. It was a promotional membership, 3 month contract, if I haven’t got cost out of it I’ll cancel at the end, but I need to try. Kids get free swimming anyway because of paying for their lessons on direct debit, so no excuse any more.
Big is really into her swimming. She’s decided she wants to make it to the Olympics, and who am I to stand in her way? One of the moments that home ed really works for us – we’d struggle to fit the amount of pool time she wants around a school day I suspect. This way she can have her pool time, develop her talents and still get an education *and* have a social life. Win win win 🙂
I’ve had a very expensive week 🙁 I went to the opticians for the first time in 3 years (the whole moving twice threw me off) and I need new glasses. Which wasn’t a surprise. The cost however was. Or more of a shock really. I have to have the special thin plastic because my prescription is strong, and anti glare coating and stuff and the whole lot with test came to nearly £300 🙁 And then there’s the contact lenses, which are apparently a much better idea for me than glasses due to the differences between my eyes, another £145. (I could pay £15 a month for a new pair every year, but with care 1 pair should last me 2 years, so the monthly charge not really cost effective.) So look out for more sponsored posts I guess 🙁
In and amongst the swimming there’s been some mathletics (Small is about 6 bars off finishing year 4, but does seem to be a bit plateaued with it atm, while Big is working her way steadily through year 5); a resurgence of Harry Potter watching and associated games; reading (Small is on the Chrestomanci books
I got him for christmas, while Big’s re-reading Harry Potter’s and dipping into Eva Ibbotson The Haunting of Hiram
, charity shop find.) Which reminds me of another fab find this week. A Tigger outfit that fits Small, from one of our charity shops for £3. Did I mention I love our charity shops?
And now it’s late, somehow, again. And I was so tired this evening that I slept for 2 hours, so I do need to go to bed, even though I haven’t had pudding and I haven’t told you about buying bakeware or baking for no particular reason 😉
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