Dan was up at 7am, complaining about staying up til midnight watching a show. We talked about my successful electronics curfew and how it’s dramatically improving my sleep in both quantity and quality, but they aren’t interested in doing something … Continue reading
Dan had a dentist appointment at an unGodly hour of the morning, including an X-ray. Their teeth are excellent, there’s no sign of decay, but there is a wisdom tooth coming through. The dentist gave some suggestions about the toothache … Continue reading
Dan: talking about representation in various anime series they watch, enthusing over the responsiveness of the writers of The Dragon Prince to their fans in having more canonically gay characters and on-screen relationships as well as more representation of PoC … Continue reading
Hugh: picked him up from Tina (at the tip shop); bought him a pogo stick. Voyaged with us to Cygnet to pick up a cast iron bath from Freecycle. I sent him a link re our ongoing conversation about white … Continue reading
Hugh: slept in til late, computer in the morning, then went to a sleepover at Philip’s after lunch. Dan: sent me a bunch of links they have been reading/watching about the American Revolutionary War. Inspired by the musical Hamilton, they’ve … Continue reading
Dan: went up to town on the bus to spend the afternoon with Eli and go to the poetry slam Hugh: helped me with weeding in the garden; watched Mark Rober’s science and invention YouTube channel; Minecraft LotR (playing with … Continue reading
[ETA: I didn’t realise for a couple of days, but this blog picks up again five years to the day after my last entry. How cool a coincidence is that?] [10:30] Dan is working on a new cosplay (Callum from … Continue reading
Katy reading Red Dirt Diary for (she says) the 7th time.Hugh playing with Meccano (need photos)Katy horseriding lessonHugh Duplo
http://www.ehow.com/about_5421163_life-cycle-stink-bug.html Hugh asked how many babies a stinkbug could have in a year, so we looked it up.
Listened to Katy instructing Hugh in how to do mental addition by adding the tens separately then the ones then adding the totals together.