Yanno, the stuff I remember doing over the last two weeks. Last Monday was Jo and Kai’s leaving playdate, which turned out to be just us (we crossed paths with Ny and B on our way back down the hill, … Continue reading
that the last entry in this blog wasn’t September last year, eh? Today we were rained in and had no petrol to go anywhere, so all four kids were looking set to trash the house all day. To make things … Continue reading
Both Mr Bat and I have been down with tummy lurgis, in his case giardia, in my case suspected recovery from giardia (I had a day of heavy toilet occupancy the other week which I suspect was the same thing … Continue reading
The weekend went largely to shit, mostly because of the incessant rain and the lack of attractive local indoor options for a couple of monkeys who were bouncing off the walls by midday Sunday. But this morning was beautifully sunny, … Continue reading
Winter Hanna’s Cold Winter, Trish Marx Spring Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck, ? Africa We All Went On Safari: A Counting Journey Through Tanzania, Laurie KrebsChidi Only Likes Blue: An African Book of Colours, Ifeoma OnyefuluHow it was with Dooms: … Continue reading
After a few weeks of incipient burnout where I found my thoughts dwelling wistfully once or twice on the peace attendant on putting K into school and H into childcare, I seem to be pulling myself back together again. This … Continue reading
Monday Playdough, Marbletick (H) Watching Bananas DVD, then K wanted to find Trapdoor videos on YouTube (used wordbank to find the spelling) Building a cubby under K’s bunk; playing house Feltboards Playing in the garden intermittently (it’s raining/snowing and freezing … Continue reading
After our intense day yesterday, today was more relaxed. K slept in quite late, and H pottered around and talked to me. When she did get up, she and H played computer games together, and played beautifully together in their … Continue reading
Monday Despite appalling insomnia and only three hours sleep I dragged us out to HIP in the morning. Much more sensible than an attempt at keeping everyone entertained all day at home. So we spent a couple of hours there, … Continue reading
The day started pretty slowly, with the kids insisting on watching various shows and Mr Bat doing his own thing for a while, but eventually they got out the door for their Sunday Funday at the park. Meanwhile, I kept … Continue reading