we are going to go shopping. This morning Big and I discussed various belief systems, and she has decided that she wants a bible of her own, as she wants to understand “what Jan does”. (I’m thinking of posting her over to Jan’s to have an in person explanation 😉 ) However, I don’t think a child’s bible would be a bad addition to our library, at the moment we don’t have one. We’ve plenty of other books about creation stories, myths and legends, zen buddhism, paganism, and pretty much anything she could be interested in, but no children’s bible. Only a couple of standard editions and a book of common prayer, none of which seem appropriate to need.

The trip is also going to take in hobby craft so that we can look at materials for decorating her doll’s house, a project long in planning but so far regrettably short in execution. We’re also going to investigate wheeled toys for outside – I don’t think a bike would be a good acquisition at the moment as there is nowhere safe for her to ride it, but maybe a scooter would work. And I think as we’ve not lunched there will be a visit to McDs for food.

I’m about to suggest that Big finds the phone that doesn’t fit on her bear, but she’s having a meltdown and reciting the serenity prayer instead.

Life is changing oddly here atm.


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4 responses to “Today”

  1. sounds like a busy sort of day! Hope it’s successful. Just as an off the wall suggestion, is she proficient enough with knitting yet that she could use that to calm her mind when she’s losing it a bit? It works wonders for me, I could have clothed the entire third world with all the stuff I made when I was an over-emotional teenager!

  2. as crochet is amazingly effective at calming my mind, I agree with you there. Not sure that her knitting is up to it, but I spent lots of time french knitting at around her age, so I’m wondering about that or the circle looms.

  3. I would suggest a children’s Bible, not a Bible story book, as she’ll get a better picture of what it really says. The have some in the NIrV, which is the New International Reader’s Version — some words are simplified for earlier readers, but otherwise a straight translation.

  4. ooh, yes, loom knitting could be just the thing and would give her a useful product rather than miles of “I-cord” that I could never work out what to do with.

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