Tag: reeling, writhing
Well, it seemed like a quiet day
until I got around to ticking the category list! How did we fit so much in? Up very early is one clue, as it was Big’s swimming lesson at 9.40 this morning. She and I fell out before and after, although she managed extremely well during (and I did make sure I told her so,…
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…
And to round up
It’s quarter past seven and Small is in bed asleep – unheard of! Big is upstairs with Tim having her bedtime story, and I am savouring the silence… Let’s see, we didn’t do everything I’d hoped for, but we did a fair bit. Big did some more of her workbook, filled in a form to…
A curious symmetry
Hung out washing in the rain, brought in washing in the rain. In between it dried (well, mostly). Wanted to blog the bits that were good of today – another page of the Jolly Phonics book, some sticker book work (odd books these, one is a spot the difference and fill it in with the…
Socialisation rules OK
Started the day by embarassingly falling asleep again as the children tootled off downstairs. Oops. Eventually woke up and came down and fed them – Big can do breakfast for them, and usually does while I’m getting my cup of tea, but she can’t put Small in his high chair for him to actually eat…
A day of rest?
Well, for the washing machine maybe! The rest of us got up bright and early, after yet another night sleeping through for Small (almost afraid to blog it in case he somehow hears 😉 ) and I decided we’d risk a trip to M’hell. I thought if we went to be there as the shops…
Coming down.
Didn’t post yesterday as I couldn’t face it – lovely days away and less than 24 hours back and I’m screaming like a fish wife again. Aargh! And then I read the guardian article that implies all of this is my own fault anyway, so that just rounded off the day perfectly. (And I know…
A little boy who loves books
is in heaven in this house 😉 Small is spending the day toddling into the dining room, fetching a book to read, reading it, then taking it back to exchange for another. So cute. We had swimming this morning, then we did library, post office, co op, boots and TKMaxx. Then Small fell asleep in…
so am I saving the planet or not?
Today I have made gloop which is supposedly an improvement on washing powder, but apparently I might be destroying the rainforest instead. Sigh. Sometimes I think that it would all be much easier to just jack it in and stop thinking about the environment at all. 🙁 Anyway, sound of the day is p, not…
not a good day
so not going to blog particularly, except to say that I ought to know better. My little girl doesn’t manage quiet unplanned days at home very well – she starts the day with “Where are we going, who are we seeing?” and if the answer is no one, it goes downhill from there. The problem…