B has the lurgi so stayed home from pottery today. She spent a fair bit of time on her puter searching Youtube (mostly for Goodies episodes, I think), and playing Rune Scape, but also tucked herself up in bed this evening for a couple of hours reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. She isn’t really asking for much help in working out words, but has once or twice asked for some clarification why they are being used in that particular way. I’m staying out of her way, now that she’s finally reading voluntarily *g* She was writing email yesterday and getting frustrated that she can’t spell as well as she wants to, so I might suggest we do some work in that area if she’s interested (although it was noticeable in some notes she was writing over the weekend that her spelling is improving quite a bit; almost everything she wrote was either spelled correctly or a logical attempt at spelling out the sound she was looking for).

Nannie looked after her at home while I took K to playgroup, and Grandmoogi came over as well for a while. We discussed the sundress pattern I found at the Salvos last week, and both gms agreed it looked like a good simple pattern to start learning dress-making. Nannie offered to help B make one if she wanted to do some sewing this week, so we might look out some fabric if she feels up to going anywhere tomorrow. Nannie also Explained to B why she needed to be more responsible in making sure the chickens are fed everyday, given that since I’ve been sick no one’s been checking their water bowl or pellet dispenser at all. I don’t think that the effect of the Explanation was too counter-productive, fortunately, as B seemed chirpy when she was explaining to me what Nannie had said.

After lunch K let herself into the garden so I wandered out too, and it was such a nice day I ended up doing some weeding. B came out to help, and we discussed what I plan to plant where. She has agreed to help me with the planting. She also did a little bit of transplanting of bulbs, although it’s probably the wrong time of year. After that, B came inside for her TV show, then retreated to her room. I did loads of washing up and cooking, most of which K supervised. All in all it was a very relaxed and pleasant day.