B was out at the farm on Saturday and Sunday; she had her friend Erin to visit on Saturday morning and they went riding together, then on Sunday it was Pony Club. Pa dropped her off on the way to … Continue reading
* I woke up really early with H, and pootered before the girls got up at 9ish (although B was reading The House At Plum Creek in bed), so I let K have my laptop and B had the other … Continue reading
Tuesday– played Horse Isle– did some of the Excel Extension workbook on bushrangers, times tables and mental maths workbooks, and some of her crocodile report– did some laundry, outdoor jobs, put away washing up– played in the garden with K– … Continue reading
Today Nannie arrived to pick us up at 9:30 and we were all ready and in the front garden waiting for her. I don’t think it can be overstated how unusual it is to be early on a Monday morning… … Continue reading
Talk Like A Pirate Day got off to a slow start because I couldn’t figure out how to print from my laptop, and eventually had to go and use Meerkat, where I discovered that there wasn’t a graphics program installed … Continue reading
I got woken up by A Certain Munchkin at 5:30 and gave up staying in bed by 6am. So I had an hour and a half with just H before B got up. She was on the computer from 7:30-8:30, … Continue reading
K continued her obsession with the Scrabble game, and it became obvious that she now thinks that all “e”s are magic ones, even the ones in the middle of words and sounding like “eh”. Oops. But she is reaching (unassisted) … Continue reading
K just filled in one of the Scrabble words entirely by herself (using the colour clues and self-correcting placement of the tiles), then told me that it was a word which needed a “magic e” on the end. It was … Continue reading
H actually did go to sleep at 11am – obviously still tired from yesterday. I came down and had a shower with K, then oiled her very dry skin. She looks a lot more comfortable now! I still have the … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading