K continued her obsession with the Scrabble game, and it became obvious that she now thinks that all “e”s are magic ones, even the ones in the middle of words and sounding like “eh”. Oops. But she is reaching (unassisted) … Continue reading
K just filled in one of the Scrabble words entirely by herself (using the colour clues and self-correcting placement of the tiles), then told me that it was a word which needed a “magic e” on the end. It was … Continue reading
H actually did go to sleep at 11am – obviously still tired from yesterday. I came down and had a shower with K, then oiled her very dry skin. She looks a lot more comfortable now! I still have the … Continue reading
White, K’s Silkie, disappeared sometime on Tuesday or Wednesday. Got paid Wednesday, did supermarket shopping with K and H. Remembered to take B to Scouts: they were cooking and she helped make brownies. Had takeaway indian food for dinner to … Continue reading
Wanted to note that we borrowed a book called What Uncles Do Best/What Aunts Do Best from the library, and B read through it with K then pointed out to me all the parts in the illustrations where the uncle … Continue reading
Ho hum… So, this week: B was at sixer and seconder training camp on the weekend, and I successfully convinced her to write up a report on it for her portfolio this afternoon. Needs editing and expanding a bit but … Continue reading
Friday was a bit of a write-off and we spent most of the day in pyjamas (except B, who rugged up and rode in the rain up to the shops to buy bread, the hero!). B obligingly let me have … Continue reading
I got up earlier than all my munchkins this morning and saw off my Beloved to work for once (although there was not enough smooching for a rare child-free time, Beloved – let’s do better next time!). H was the … Continue reading
Today was a staying-at-home-and-doing-laundry kind of a day. E had put up my retractable clothesline under cover on the deck last night, so I filled that up, and the racks, and half the Hills Hoist. Hurrah for clean socks! H … Continue reading
B had another email exchange with her penpal this morning, and sent her a picture of Smoko (what else). I asked for breadmaking advice on one of my forums, and experimented with adding less water to the usual recipe. The … Continue reading