Beth went to see Shrek 3 with Nannie and Caitlin on Saturday, then headed out to the farm for the night. She spent most of Sunday afternoon at Gooroomon Park, doing her horse management course and then competing in the games day. Because she is a twit she forgot to pick up the homework – despite seeing it out on the table she didn’t take one “because they didn’t tell her to”. Who is this automaton who only does what she’s told, and what has she done with my daughter?
Monday we did a bit of maths in the morning, with a visit to Smartkiddies. She’s now finished the first module. Nannie picked her up to go to pottery, then K and I picked her up. After lunch, she played lots of Runescape, watched some Doctor Who and did some reading. At dinner she talked to E about computer games. There was probably more, but I forget…
Today has been grey and rainy the whole time. When I got up, B was doing crafty things with CDs, which are now stuck all over the back windows. K had a go too when she finally woke up. The munchkins had a go at playing in the garden, but it was too cold to stay out for long, even with puddlesuit and rainboots on. B watched BTN , Science Clips – Friction, and most of Arrows of Desire (on poetry). K made a bowl of Weetbix entirely by herself, spilling milk all over the kitchen in the process, but on the other hand she did put it back in the fridge when she was done! (can’t imagine where she picked that up, nobody else ever does…). B decided she didn’t want to read any more of Harry Potter, so scouted the bookshelves for something she was interested in. She pulled out the books I bought a while ago which are part of a series called The Whole You, about growing up. She read the first page of the intro to Body and Mind before getting bored with it, then read 2 stories from The Cat on the Mat is Flat. After that they both helped me measure out ingredients to make muesli bars, then Nannie arrived to take B out to the farm. Swimming was called off because of the rain – with the creek rising Nannie didn’t want to risk being cut off if they went home later today.
K was getting a bit sleepy after lunch so as well as doing some drawing, cutting and pasting, and some reading together, she spent a while relaxing in front of Play School. It’s not a day which is inspiring me to do anything other than curl up somewhere warm and go back to sleep, either… but since K is now napping, I might go and do something a bit more constructive!