Let’s pretend
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
Category Archives: sewing
Monday
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
Posted in books, DVDs, games, garden, learning to read, life skills, Little House, natural history, playgroup, sewing, story telling
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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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Wednesday
After breakfast, the kids whinged a lot about me saying I would appreciate some help around the house today. But then 5 minutes later they insisted on doing the washing up… The did the glasses, some cutlery and the plates … Continue reading
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Saturday
This morning I got on top of the piles of clean laundry, and that apparently inspired K to start helping, by putting away a basket of her’s and H’s clothes. Meanwhile, H helped Mr Bat clear the dining table so … Continue reading
Saturday afternoon
I went out to Petty Sessions at lunchtime, leaving K and H (who was mostly better and not very pukey, having learned a lesson after he experimented unpleasantly with a piece of toast earlier on) to watch DVDs. Then when … Continue reading
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Bah Humbug redux
*slaps self* Tuesday 4thWe had been planning to go to a farm open day but weren’t too sure if our car would be up to it, so I had a sleep in then stayed at home with H while E … Continue reading