Tag: Jonny had two apples
just in case
anyone wasn’t sure of the educational worth of hama – “how many beads do I need….1, 2, 3, 4….. I’ve done one bit, it’s a great triangle, and that’s just half of a square!” rofl…
Ought to blog the day really
As we seem to have fitted an awful lot in. Think Big was doing her maths workbook before I’d finished breakfast. Turns out that the first couple of easy pages were breaking you in gently, by page 4 it’s onto series with missing bits, but she got the hang of it fairly well. Tim produced…
Never let it be said
that I don’t learn from my mistakes. Today I have tried really hard. I have wet washing on the line (sigh) and wet washing in the machine (bigger sigh), the kitchen is trashed again, but was clean and clear before I started preparing our home cooked tea, and I shifted another bit of paperwork before…
Old friends and physics
A great day today. I had lots of plans to do arty/ crafty/ sciency things with Big today, and instead, I finally remembered to check the phone for the message I’d noticed last night, and it turned out to be from the mother of her first nursery friend. Apparently he’s been wanting to see her…
What an excellent day
Employing the head in sand approach to the financial situation again here, but hey, it’s working for me 😉 Bad night with Small – he went down at about 7.45 last night, but was restless all evening, Tim settled him down then came down for a coffee and I was working on the computer. We…
From the sublime to the ridiculous
Well, we’ve done more Milly Molly Mandy school today, covering a bit of history although I’m not sure what else you’d say it covered. Some of that entrepeneurial stuff Joyce was talking about I think (it’s the chapter where MMM finds a penny for those in the know). Big is desperate to learn to knit…
If I don't write some of this down
I’m never going to remember it all! First of all, the new mattress is lovely. Tim slept a full night on it – and I did alright even if Small did manage to crawl up on to it at one point and crash into me 😉 Pondering this morning on education and the point thereof,…
Much better all round.
Small and I had a lie-in, much needed after another bad night. I’m sure it’s his teeth, but he will not take anything for it, and indeed acts as if I’m trying to poison him throughout. Despite this we had a pretty good day all round. Big and Small played together quite well, and we…
a muddlepuddle group.
And before we got there, I managed to do two loads of washing and the washing up! Big is recognising more and more numbers, although we have some extreme creativity in reading them. Today she was discussing speed limits, and spotting the numbers on the signs. I think that something has obviously clicked for her,…
Learning while I wasn't looking
Big, it would appear, has been paying attention at times I didn’t realise. In the shops today, she said “this says one ninety nine”. I agreed. She then proved it wasn’t a fluke by going along the shelf edge and reading several more prices. Impressive. I told her so. (This is a child who was…