out and about

popped over to see Barbara this morning. The girls played reasonably well together – it has to be said that it was dd who wasn’t being nice 🙁 and Barbara and I coo-ed over ds and her sonlight books alternately 😉

We also planted more sunflowers, and discussed E’s cress seeds. Then a swift lunch, and we departed to do the shopping, while Barbara trundled off into town.

Home mid afternoon, after buying more seeds (I’m determined that something will grow this year, and I don’t think it’s going to be the strawberries 🙁 ) Dd and ds are playing with her duplo sized bricks – well she’s building, he’s knocking down and she’s screaming about it. We’ve had lesson 3 of 100EL (hoping that if I document out progress it might keep me going with it!) and that’s about it for the day so far. Not going to woodcraft tonight as they are going swimming and that’s not something I can easily do with two offspring, neither of whom swims. not to mention the fact that I’m blind and deaf without my glasses, and I don’t like to swim in them!

Right, got to go push buttons on the oven, will update more later.


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