We farted around a bit much to get everything done which we wanted to do in the afternoon. We did go outside and lay bits of wood out to measure this proposed woodshed and calculate dimensions, while K and H … Continue reading
I was inspired by Mr Bat cleaning the kitchen and dining room last night, as well as a blog entry I happened to read, and set up a morning activity for the squids. I didn’t have any shells but I … Continue reading
K came into my room at about midnight last night, and then spent a few entertaining hours intermittently puking. So she spent most of the day on the sofa, reading/looking at books and watching DVDs on Mr Bat’s laptop. I … Continue reading
Sunday I went to the markets at Franklin and then had lunch at Petty Sessions. When I came home, I kept H with me, and Mr Bat took K to the SCA fighter training/baronial day gathering, where she played with … Continue reading
Another nothingy sort of day. Was sunny in the morning and I thought of excursions but by the time we got our act together it was lunchtime and raining. We went to Margate to the tip, and just happened to … Continue reading
A bit of a nothingish day, today. K continued her interest in beads and beading from yesterday afternoon, after I sorted out the cheap’n’cheerful plastic beads into one sectioned storage box and gave them to her. The two of them … Continue reading
I started out today by deliberately settling down to play kitchens with H, then K as well. As I had hoped, some concentrated attention meant that when I got bored and wanted to do something else, they kept on playing … Continue reading
K watched a movie on her computer, then spent ages in her room playing a game of some kind. She also looked through the Complete Book of the Flower Fairies for a while, then asked me to read The Fairy … Continue reading
Yesterday we picked our ripest rosehips and put them in a basket on top of a cupboard to dry. This morning K made things out of the busy box, including turning three toilet rolls into the Three Katies (brown, yellow … Continue reading
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