Wednesday: Went into Hville to do the F&V shopping, then realised when I got there that I’d forgotten my wallet, d’oh! Had to drive home and get it, so we had lunch before heading out again, since I’d just spent … 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
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
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
This morning I finally stopped procrastinating about sewing the iron-on mender onto my worn-out jeans and brown cords. The jeans are only just starting to wear through but the cords are definitely on their last, ahem, legs (sorry). K, who … Continue reading
We got in the car and realised that we were almost out of petrol. Since we don’t get paid til tomorrow I was already planning on doing a smaller shop than usual, and I wouldn’t be able to put petrol … Continue reading
Published as a raw dump of Wot We Done, because I can’t be arsed editing it now. LaundryMade beds Kids brought wood inKids brought out farm and played in front of the fireChecked drying rosehips; deseeding the driest ones. Kids … Continue reading
Monday morning had lots of disturbed sleep, which resulted in a very grumpy, slow-to-get-started mummy. We didn’t get out of the house to go to HIP til close to midday, and since the kids hadn’t had lunch and I keep … Continue reading
Friday K played an imaginative game where she was acting out the Moon Maiden from The Little White Horse. Decided she wanted to draw a map of the world but didn’t know where to start, so I suggested she ask … Continue reading
we talked about making fairy houses and looked at some pictures played together in their bedroom I played Tummy Ache with both kids – H is beginning to grasp the rules but still has problems with turn-taking played together in … Continue reading