We have a bookpeople rep come round to school and usually I try to avoid looking at the books. The children don’t. So tonight as I was trying to leave, Big was enthusing about one and Small was moaning about another and I ended up putting £7 in to the envelope and hoping Ailsa would find another pound (she said she would, but whether she’ll remember between now and Tues morning!) to pay for Beautiful Doodles (Buster Books)
and Ten Little Dinosaurs (Wiggle Eyes)
. Can you guess which one is for which? 😀
Another long day. It’s got a lot warmer, and in a child led environment, that means you spend a lot of time outside. One of my children (keychild for those in the know, which just means I’m named to keep track of her observations and so on) had some injections yesterday and was feeling particularly in need of attention, so a little hand kept snaking into mine every few minutes and there were lots of cuddles. It is nice to feel wanted, particularly when my own children (the actual ones I gave birth to) seem to ignore me as much as they can!
Small’s triumph of the day was cracking pedalling the big tricycle – I’d find a picture but I’ve no idea what make it is. It was ordered for the elementary class and Small has just got big enough to cope – so he was pedalling, Big was standing on the platform at the back, they came hurtling (well, moving faster than a slow walk) down the playground, he turned the handlebars and they dismounted in spectacular fashion. Somehow they didn’t hurt themselves (much) doing that – he put a hole in his elbow when walking “sideways in a dramatic fashion” a little while later 🙄
Other than that, the day was without incident – apart perhaps from mentioning that I left within half an hour of my projected leaving time, lol. Guess it might be me rather than the jobs? Tim has been down to renishaw and recovered more items, though he didn’t find the stick weaving frame that I was hoping for, meaning that we can’t set up to weave our own rag rugs yet. (I was rather taken by the idea of a group artistic project where the children’s house could take to weaving their own rag rugs for floorwork 😉 )
And then we came home and the children made friends over the walls with two girls two gardens up. our house fronts onto one road, and there are two roads perpendicular with gardens back to back, and these two 8 years old were out in a back garden next door but one to us. So I walked the kids round and the big sister walked them back 20 minutes or so later, but a good time was had by all I think. It’s the first time they’ve ever just played out like that rather than me arranging playdates or at a campsite, so I thought it was quite a momentous occasion 🙂 And a good note to end a blogpost on 🙂
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