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Another week flies by.

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Jax Blunt
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No reading, couple of take outs, took children from school out on year of reading free cinema trip and delivered them all back traumatised (oops, had checked film on offer, Water Horse, and thought mild peril sounded manageable, but obviously not). Big went to Scarborough with friend B, and Tim took them both over to off the path yesterday.

eta oops, forgot the bit where Small and I went to tea with J and Bil and Princess and Scott – nice evening, highlight of which was watching Bil remove plasters from Scott’s latest injuries, where he attempted to dismount a bike that was still moving fast and learnt all sorts of things about friction. We hope. J told me it was illegal for Small to ride in the front seat of the car, while I was convinced it wasn’t (it’s not), and on the way home we saw a fire. Can’t link to that, as despite the fact there were three fire engines in attendance and all the workers who’d been evacuated from the warehouse were lining the sides of the road, it obviously wasn’t newsworthy and doesn’t feature on local or national news sites. Bizarre.

Was given bottle of wine last night from school, but we wanted red so didn’t indulge in that yesterday. Another lovely evening with Lily – have borrowed Wii from school holiday club but we couldn’t connect it up to our screen so we couldn’t play last night – Small was extremely upset by this. Texted A to ask if we could borrow school TV (one of those slimline with DVD built in gadgets) and she rang as soon as she picked up the message today, recognising that this would be an absolute priority ;). So we’ve spent the afternoon playing Wii games – we’ve got sports and play atm, what would ppl recommend?

Now have two weeks off. Will spend part of it sorting house out for sale, and hoping to get away for at least part of the week after. I do have six Montessori files to read as well, and I need to get through my second assignment (did I mention I aced the first? Well I did) as well. Hm, it’s not sounding like a desperately exciting holiday is it really?

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8 responses to “Another week flies by.”

  1. Michelle avatar
    Michelle

    Well done on that assignment. Exciting probably isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

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  2. Emma avatar
    Emma

    Hi, Wii wise, Mario Kart is great, even my 3 year old can play (Kind of!) – you can play against people all over the world (if you can figure the wi-fi thing)…..oooh and Ravin Rabbids – very funny!! Emma 🙂

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  3. Alison avatar
    Alison

    Hey, well done on your assignment!
    Relaxing is probably better than exciting at the moment xxx

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  4. t-bird anni avatar
    t-bird anni

    must admit, I thought there was some restriction on small children in the fronts of cars (something to do with air bags) but now I’ve hunted down the actual law it’s only rear facing infant seats that are absolutely not allowed in the front.

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  5. Jax avatar
    Jax

    I knew about the rear facing bit, even Small is bigger than that now 🙂

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  6. t-bird anni avatar
    t-bird anni

    ROFL! and I can just imagine the indignation it would cause if you even suggested he could still fit in one….
    But would you do me a favour and not mention to Aprilia that she’s actually allowed in teh front? I’ve told her that, because of the new laws, she’s only allowed in the front if the back seats are down (cos she’s too distracting in the front!!!

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  7. Jax avatar
    Jax

    Ah, I’ve already had this conversation with SallyM on twitter – obviously it is completely down to the parent concerned, and I would never state in front of another child that it was permissible. 🙂

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  8. rachel avatar
    rachel

    Good luck with that assignment I remember them only too well…

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