Home ed group this morning was volcanoes. It took a little while to get Big to settle down and join in – she wants me right there, and given that Small now has a tendency to head for the horizon, that can be difficult to achieve. I know at the moment that her neediness is a direct result of how much I’ve withdrawn into myself because of current circumstances, but knowing something and being able to change it are two horribly different things.
Anyway, Small had a whale of a time (is that how you are supposed to write that phrase? Looks very odd!) playing football and with cars. He made friends with another little boy who turned out to rising 4, so I was quite surprised that they seemed to be getting along so well, but I wasn’t going to argue with it. I’m also surprised that he can dribble a football, but he can and does. A Michael Owen in the offing? Would be nice.
Big eventually had a great day too. She thoroughly enjoyed the volcano, and then got involved in a succession of hide and seek games. I managed to hold the occasional conversation, but I do find those groups difficult. I’d prefer something more continuum concept – where the adults are actually doing something together and the children either muck in or get on with their own stuff, it feels very odd to get together in a field and do volcanoes – not convinced that Big is getting a lot educationally out of the sessions, and given that there is no theme or plan to the meetings, I’m not sure how she could to be brutally honest.
Next week we are supposed to be rerunning sports day, but Big is hugely unenthusiastic about that idea, so we’re taking tents and making a camp for the younger children while the older ones run about.
Not such a successful afternoon – Big was extremely hyper for no apparent reason, and Small resolutely refused to sleep. I appear to yet again have a blockage in one breast, so I laid down with him for ages while he fed, so I nearly fell asleep, but he wasn’t interested. Might be why he’s gone down now I suppose. Guess I’d better get to bed early tonight, as I suspect I’m in for an early morning.
Still a whole evening without children…hm….
Did want to blog that we now have shaking head as well as nodding, so the communication is coming on apace. And I had a real flashback moment this morning. I was just done showering, and Small was in the ensuite with me, and he handed me my towel. Aww….for ages Big used to wait for me while I was showering just to pass me my towel, and she’s long since given it up. Ever so nice to have him pick up where she’s left off. He tries so hard to be helpful – he passed her her towel after bath time tonight. He also wet on the floor, and when I explained that I’d rather he used the potty, started using his own towel to mop up! Equal measures aw and yeuch there, although he did miss completely with the towel, so I cleared up myself when he wasn’t looking!
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2 responses to “Volcanoes and cuteness”
so kwym about knowing something being one thing and changing it (or vene being inclined to change it in my case) being another. Perhaps two is a tricky number of children to have…
Ams has only just cracked nodding… although personally i think she only does it as its a less obvious way of agreeing with me, something she does try not to do if she can help it….