White, K’s Silkie, disappeared sometime on Tuesday or Wednesday. Got paid Wednesday, did supermarket shopping with K and H. Remembered to take B to Scouts: they were cooking and she helped make brownies. Had takeaway indian food for dinner to celebrate not being totally broke.
Thurs – did the fruit and veg shopping at the markets, went to the health food shop, and bought chook pellets, rabbit food and cat litter at the pet shop.
White reappeared in the run in the late afternoon, filthy and obviously very unwell. Took her to the vet, who said she wasn’t injured except for some bruises on her sternum. Theorised that she had gotten stuck somewhere in the run (although I can’t think where – I looked!). She stayed inside overnight in the old rabbit cage, with her sister Charlotte.
Fri – White had to be euthanased, sadly. She was obviously deep in shock, hadn’t eaten or drunk anything, hadn’t moved. We got the earliest appointment we could get, at 10:45, and the vet confirmed there was nothing else we could do, so we left her with him. Poor chooken.
Since we were out, we went to Aldi, then the library and op shop. I originally went into Aldi to get a tray of tinned tomatoes, but came out with a $30 percussion set, a book on Stone Age life, two workbooks and an edumacational placemat for K, and a shopping trolley. Oops! The girls went and played on the playground while I unloaded the shopping, and stayed there while I did a quick op shop run (bought two books). They were in the library when I finished up and went in to give the very grumpy H a feed. B was reading to K in a very loving-big-sisterly way – in fact they were being absolutely lovely together the whole time we were out. I signed B up for a Science Week talk at the library next Thursday afternoon – Life in the Freezer, a talk by the editor of Scientriffic magazine about her trip to Antarctica. Borrowed books.
When we got home and B went to put it together, the shopping trolley was discovered to have a bit missing and we had to take it back for a replacement, to find they were sold out already! Pooh bum. The percussion set got a workout all afternoon and through the weekend, though 🙂 B went out to her horse with Nannie in the afternoon, then had Cubs in the evening.
Sat – B and K to farm; H went to sleep so I got to go out and do some op shopping. E took H out to the computer fair in the afternoon and came home with new memory for a really good price (yay!). I took H, a present and a chocolate cake out to the farm in the afternoon for Pa’s birthday. B stayed overnight, came home 10:30ish Sunday. We went out to Tarago for the day, had lunch at Loaded Dog (gorgeous food!) and checked out the village. Lots of tension with B.
Mon. Still haven’t turned TV back on but computer rules are relaxing slightly. B turns hers back on after 8pm, and watches anime til midnight (is this an improvement? *sigh*). She seems to be doing it to make a point, as she went to bed when I did. Good incentive for me to go to bed at 10pm and see what happens! Rules appear to now be no computer between 8am-8pm.
Pottery was on but not German. Came home, pottered about, went out later and bought new light fittings for living areas. K and I have started playing a game, My First Scrabble Words, which she is seriously enjoying! B and K played with dolls and B read books to K. Pulled out the new threading pieces and made necklaces. The kids spent a lot of time in the garden, even when it was hailing. I cleaned out the rabbits and fed/watered all the outdoor animals. Laundry. B had a slight meltdown over lack of computer/TV but seemed to take what I said about finding other ways to deal with boredom to heart: I suggested she look at the library book on food in history, and that sparked her interest in the Stone Age Challenge book I bought last week. She started planning how we could have a fire and try out some of the cooking ideas, including wrapping fish in paperbark, then started plotting how she could catch a rabbit out at the farm! Erm, I don’t think I’m going to take “natural learning” that far, somehow. E came home and tidied the playroom to within an inch of its life.
Tues – B did some of her workbooks in the morning, we had a disagreement on the subject of column addition. Remind myself that it is not MY opinion of maths workbooks that matters, only hers. Accusations of being brainwashed are not helping – if I can’t be supportive then don’t say anything at all. Played Scrabble game with K. I played blocks with K and built towers for H with the stacking plastic toys. Cleaned out rabbits again and fed outdoor animals. Laundry. No swimming, but Nannie came over for arvo tea. B off to farm with Nannie. I didn’t cope very well with H not going to sleep all day. K brought me lots of books to read – starting to be very interested in non-fiction. I notice she has been getting into the Visual Dictionary of Animals. Daddy saved the day and everyone went to bed happy.
Wed so far – started playing Scrabble game with K, but didn’t get very far. K stacking up threading pieces to make towers. H was a PITA til I made him breakfast. Laundry. K reading to herself, sitting in front of the heater in the nude. H grizzling, should probably go and see to that…
Other stuff: B came home from the farm with E. Nesbit’s The Magic City, and tales of having built a fabulous city herself along the same lines out at the farm (Nannie has promised me photos). She’s still reading The Far Side of the Mountain, and keeps dipping into Calvin and Hobbes cartoons as well. When did my daughter turn into a bookworm?
Also, it occurred to me with previous post that I need to find a list of age-appropriate boxes to tick, since maybe that will be easier to keep up than the portfolio method of recording? Something to look into anyway.