And before bed this evening some more french knitting! Bit disappointed that we haven't managed to see the knitting out of the bottom yet, but it takes an awfully long time for dd to do each stitch, not helped by the fact that the wool supplied in the kit is pretty terrible, keeps going to strands. … [Read more...] about Post 19
Post 18
Well, our visitors have been and gone - a lovely day discussing curriculum, books and behaviour with the mother of a couple of home edded girls, while the girls mainly played together. We also made peg dolls in the victorian style (well, reasonably in the victorian style) . Dd is now chilling … [Read more...] about Post 18
Post 17
Just a quickie as expecting visitors - made it to the Industrial Hamlet living history day yesterday. Rather disappointed by the fact they'd closed the carparks (I had to parallel park!) and the fact that the site is pretty much inaccessible to buggys. If I'd known that in advance I'd have planned … [Read more...] about Post 17
Post 16
Today we did two more postcards - only a couple more to do (apologies to anyone who is waiting) and dd practised her 's' as the one letter she does have problems with. Then friends came over for lunch and we went to the farm park again. We wanted to collect leaves and stuff, but there wasn't much to … [Read more...] about Post 16
Post 15
Another incredibly busy day. Both dd and ds had me up during the night, so I didn't surface properly til half nine. Dd came with a couple of books to sit with me while I was feeding ds, and after I'd read to her, she started letter spotting and then word spotting. Helped that one of the characters … [Read more...] about Post 15
