Not Back To School Day
We managed to pack ourselves and our stuff into the car and make it to the park day only about an hour late (which is a good showing for us pack of slackers). Knowing that we were going to one … Continue reading
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Monday-Wednesday
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
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Saturday
Saturday Mr Bat declared that his plan for the weekend involved cleaning the whole house on Saturday, so that Sunday could be a relaxing day. He and the kids brainstormed the fun stuff they wanted to do, and made a … Continue reading
Posted in DVDs, life skills, maths, movies, op shop, pattern blocks, seasonal table
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Tuesday
Dragged ourselves out of the house around 11ish for a 10:30 park meet being held at a park nearly an hour’s drive away. Um, yeah *blush* When we got there A positively leapt on K and dragged her away – … Continue reading
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Really stupidly long catch-up, the sequel
Urgh. That would be another week without updates. I hate it when that happens. Let me see… Tuesday We took B into the post office to cash her birthday postal order and write and send a thank you card to … Continue reading
Posted in africa, airport, books, bruny island, duplo, DVDs, ferry ride, fine motor skills, geography, library, life skills, Little House, maths, op shop, paper dolls, post office, sca, science, sewing, tip
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Monday morning
got up 90mins before small people and started shopping list and menu plan. Decided that this week should be Africa Week so that we can give back the African cookbook. K very impressed and wanted to start cooking Right Now! … Continue reading
Friday
Today we went to Huonville, where I got to sit in the Centreleech office for 40 minutes for somebody to be available to add some information they wanted to my file, which took about 40 seconds. Meanwhile Mr Bat and … Continue reading
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Saturday
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
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Tuesday
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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Wednesday-Friday
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