I woke as Ady closed the hotel room door behind him with the children already awake and watching TV. I dozed for a while as the restuarant wasn’t even open for breakfast at that early hour and then we went down to eat. I’ve learnt my lesson with all you can eat breakfasts that eating …
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Less emotional..
So can blog a bit about yesterday. I’m sure I’ve said before that our brand of Home Education, the autonomy, the out and about-ness, the no structure or formal learning and the following interests only works for us because it works for us if that makes sense. I view it as a partnership and a …
Friday
Work for me today. There was a flurry of initial excitement when we thought we were shortstaffed but it all got sorted out. I did Baby Rhyme time which is getting both harder and easier. Easier because I am now pretty familiar with the songs and actions (although I spent some time googling today for …
Thursday
covertly blogged while manning the enquiry desk at work! 😉 I do have a draft post about the whole school thing to complete too but it’s draft on my laptop so I can’t do that right now. Yesterday was lovely, we were off to meet Julie, Jack and Maisie for some pony riding. We’d not …
Pru? It’s kicking off!
I worked this morning. Davies and Scarlett went to Caz’s although actually Caz herself wasn’t there. They had a fab time as always, playing Ben 10 with Archie andElliot, filthy and full of chatter about how cool it is round there and how much they like playing with A and E :). I’m getting better …
Black Bogeys
I really struggled to stay awake last night to watch Ady do his 12.45am show but just about managed before crawling into bed and falling asleep instantly. I did stir around 3am and checked the time and that he was in bed next to me before falling back asleep until after 7am when he’d already …
Seen at Jo’s
“I am happy and open to new things” Adventurers are energetic, lively, and optimistic. They want to contribute to the world. How to Get Along with Me * Give me companionship, affection, and freedom. * Engage with me in stimulating conversation and laughter. * Appreciate my grand visions and listen to my stories. * Don’t …
A snowy day in London town…
This morning we were up and about bright and early (although I should probably make it clear that that is by our standards rather than other people’s so – 8am ish :lol:) breakfasting, getting dressed and packing. The year before last we were away from home so regularly we had a set of bags with …
And when everybody’s super….
No one will be! We love that line from The Incredibles and quote it a lot – or variations of it. Davies did today actually when Scarlett was wishing that we had snow all the time and Davies commented that if we had it all the time there wouldn’t be anything special or exciting about …
NicCamps in tents?
I’ve already mentioned this to a few people but thought I’d put it out now for us to discuss dates: We’re planning to go camping in Wales in June – we want to go to CAT still and thought we’d do a week in tents somewhere nearby – there are loads of campsites in the …
D’Oh!
Smacks own forehead in exasperation! We were supposed to be going to see The Gruffalo today. Well in my world we were. We’d booked the tickets last week and I’d seen the show advertised as Friday, Saturday and Sunday and just assumed it was therefore Easter weekend. Therefore our Friday tickets would be for today …
Half a life ago…
The Thursday night before Good Friday the year I was 17 I went out to Brighton for the evening with a friend and a group of her friends. I was in a rather wobbly emotional state at the time for various compounded reasons and thought a good night out would cheer me up / make …
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of it’s face
It’s Wednesday right? 😆 This morning I worked. My Mum came over to be with Davies and Scarlett because she is on holiday from work and we’d originally planned to spend the rest of the day togther today so I cancelled Davies and Scarlett going to Caz’s for the morning and then Mum ended up …
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I think I need to get out and about more ;)
Yesterday we went to Legoland. It seems to have become a twice yearly trip for us and each time I toy with the idea of a season ticket but I think we’re going to aim for Chessington in the autumn this year instead. I think the last couple of years we’ve gone late March / …
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New week, new life
Today was an at home day for me and the children. I had my list to work through and work through it I did aswell as many, many loads of laundry. We now have full calendars with eye tests, dentists, blood donor sessions all fitted in aswell as another 3 QVC appearances for Ady over …
Oooh!
Doctor Who exhibition at Earl’s Court. Think we’ll be heading up there for that one!
Stuff I really must do tomorrow
Book Planets tickets for planetarium all done 🙂 going to see this show Book Legoland for Tuesday as done as I can get it, I’ve spoken to someone who has promised someone else will ring me back today. They did sound in utter chaos being the first day back in the office after the winter …
Welcome Weekend
Davies is quite taken with the idea of alliteration. It’s been covered in Relax Max which we finished yesterday. So when we were discussing today about costumes for a Superheroes party we’re going to next weekend he was very keen to be someone alliterative with ‘Davies’. I think he’s settled on Dynamic Davies and logo …
Then Billy Brown fell in love with another man!
This morning was all rather like being at the hub of some sort of international dispatch centre. We took our first delivery at 845am which was two vango camping mats bought for a steal on ebay and having a five pound ebay voucher redeemed against as well. We are *so* ready for camping this summer …
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Quest for breast
Today I have worked. This involves wearing clothes without snot, tears, embellishments by Scarlett or in any way reminiscent of motherhood or home education. It does of course still involve cleavage ;). And a badge, proclaiming my employment at WSCC LIBRARIES. I have had various name badges over the years – my first was age …