Melrose snippets.

On the way up in the dark and fog, causing Big to scream and then sob by telling her to look out of the window as we passed the Angel of the North. I’m sorry, but I laughed…

Spending an hour wandering around Melrose, just me and my offspring, and really enjoying having time to watch Small enjoy puddles, without needing to do anything or be anywhere. 🙂

Loved having time to crochet and sew things up – have nearly finished my hoody now! Even bought buttons in Melrose, at the lovely fabric shop. Also bought wool for my next project or two, although we won’t talk about that in case Tim notices 😉

Not quite sure how I ended up in the kitchen assisting for three meals – but it was so much fun each time, especially, it has to be said, doing the pizzeria. Although I did enjoy getting the rice right this time, Helen 😉 And well impressed with Kris and her stew preparation – I faded after about 2 hours of prep, she stuck it out throughout, and served up with a smile.

Moments of hilarity with Small – he announced “I not feel well”, so I cuddled him and got him ready for bed – whereupon he announced “I go play” and legged it!

The triumph on Big’s face, admirably captured by Helen, (and shown on Merry’s blog 😉 ) when she learnt to crochet. It should also be noted that at the time I *was* giving her the tests from Joanna’s Reading Reflex book. She scored really well, 95% when I’d adjusted her score (as you’re supposed to) for Year 1. Then Jan pointed out that she wouldn’t be in year 1 yet…. And bizarrely, since I told her how well she did, she’s been reading every sign, shop name, and carpark level that we didn’t leave the car on ever since. (Oh, and those books are fab, Alison, she’s taken one to bed every night except tonight this week. 🙂 )

Telling Merry that that was just the kind of thing that small children do, and then having her bring my child to me having done it 😉

Lovely quiet last night with a small enough group of ppl that I actually managed to go sit with them. Having struggled all week with a head cold and headache I’d found group evenings particularly difficult – my hearing is poor at the best of times in that situation, and all blocked up I stand no chance, and it’s too dark in the common room to reliably lip read. So I’d pretty much stayed out of the groups, but on the last evening it was a pretty quiet crowd 😉 and it was very pleasant.

Listening to Big describing her week on the phone to Tim while we were stuck in traffic – about how she’d been playing and she didn’t see me much, but she could usually find me in the kitchen. 😆

How come I never spend time with everyone on these things though? I barely saw Joyce (although it sounds like she was barely there to be seen 🙁 ) or Merry (although that seems to be par for the course on these events 😉 )

Small saw lots of ppl though. He’s come home with a whole set of new names added to his vocab, and he’s talked about playing with them too. So Robyn, Ben, Freya, Jasper and Hannah, you are honoured 🙂