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
Post 14
Oh, and I almost forgot, I am beginning to believe that dd can read rather more than she lets on. We were in the toilets today and she was heading for the door, stopped and came back and said "I've got to wash my hands, the sign says so". Sure enough there was a sign on the back of the door, with a … [Read more...] about Post 14
Post 13
And over a week has flown by again! Dd refused nursery last week, which threw all my plans out, but we did discover the reasoning. All her friends have moved up a room and she has no one to play with. I mentioned this to the staff and was told she could move up this week, so she decided that she … [Read more...] about Post 13
Post 12
This is actually todays post. A variable day - lots of temper tantrums this morning, and not just dd ;-) I set her up painting this morning, hoping that I was going to get a few minutes to catch up on some emails while she was going, but she wanted me to be involved. I think that was fair on her … [Read more...] about Post 12
Post 11
This should have been posted yesterday (Sunday) but I was too tired! Dd had a friend round and we did sticking, with variable success. Sarah had brought pom poms to make pom pom animals, but the craft glue that we had just kind of absorbed into the pom pom and didn't really stick desperately … [Read more...] about Post 11