There was a mammoth car boot sale on the localish green today so we headed over to that first thing. It was almost too big with no logic to the layout or organised rows or anything – car boot sales and the like should always be organised by people like Helen who like to categorise …
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Like a million miles away from me
you couldn’t see how…. Oh how I have loved today, it has been the most cherishable of days, the most held in high esteem, lauded, honoured and most splendid of days. 😆 You’ll never guess where we’ve been. Really, you just won’t. Well ok maybe you will actually. Maybe you’ll have looked at my flickr …
Adorable
On Wednesday evening Ady was tidying a shelf in the playroom and came across a cd and book from Usborne which had come in the starter pack when I joined as a rep to get loads of cheap books ;). Scarlett was desperate to have it so while she got the kitchen scissors out and …
And I would walk 500 miles
and I would like to take single handed credit for any revival the Proclaimers are about to enjoy, I almost single handedly discovered them 😉 after all! I worked this morning, having already done a fair amount of chasing about before actually going to work. My Dad is without his van this week so he …
Forgot to mention
yesterday, that I had the annual review with the CCCS last night. Full details over on buy me love for anyone interested. 🙂
authors authors everywhere and not a thing to read
I worked this morning but it was super busy and the four hours flew by. I got home to find very happy children and Lucy still ploughing her way through ‘The Naughtiest Girl in School’ :). Davies was thrilled to have gotten to the next level on his Were Rabbit X box game (he’s not …
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the time that the floor fell out of my car when I put the clutch down
By pure coincidence I’ve done a lot of trawling through memories the last couple of days. Yesterday I was trying to find a disc containing some writing I did about 10 years ago. I didn’t find it but I did come across loads of discs of photos from 2001 – 2004, many of which were …
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We’re going on a bunny hunt
We’re going to catch a big one. What a beautiful day, we’re not scared. Etc. Davies had a bunny hunt to attend today run by his Beaver group at a local scout campsite. There were loads of local Beaver groups there, so about 50-60 little boys in all. Loved the fact that another small mammal …
It’s all about me!
Friday I worked yesterday, all day. It was terribly, terribly boring with an average of one person coming into the library per hour. Julie was with the children in the morning and my Mum in the afternoon. This is a good combination for all concerned as Davies gets to play with Jack, Scarlett gets to …
Grrrr
TES
Best of the weather
I overslept dramatically today – Davies woke me at 9am (in fairness we had had a bad night with Tarly in our bed from about 3am and I’d not gone to bed much before 1am anyway) but I was in the middle of a lovely dream so I told him to let me finish my …
Whoosh, it’s Wednesday
Worked this morning, which all seems rather a blur and a long time ago now. So nice to have a job where having a week off doesn’t mean you walk back into all the things you would have done if you’d been there for that week backed up waiting for you to wade through :). …
This, this is what it’s all about :)
I read Gill’s recent post on the difference between autonomy and educational neglect with both interest and a small degree of unrest. I do hold my hands up in the air to being really quite lazy and certainly one of the big reasons why autonomy suits us quite so well is that I would probably …
Reconnecting
Davies and Scarlett were rediscovering the fun of having each other to play with all the time today. Last week they were rarely spotted in each others’ company and at the weekend they were still shaking down back into not having 12 additional children around them at all times, but today they were back to …
A juggling act
I always consider myself to be a pretty sociable person. I enjoy the company of others and spending time with other people. I love to talk, I love to listen. But I also enjoy my own company, I am equally happy with silence than I am with chatter. Perhaps if I had the chance I …
Candling in the wind
A fitting birthday tribute I feel 🙂 It’s been bloody freezing here today, I did hang some of the holiday washing out to dry but I suspect it’s more frozen solid than dried. We had to get several birthday presents today for various small people having birthdays this last week or so so we went …
Legoland
Monday 30th April 2007. Adults will be £15, children will be £5 but I need someone with proof of their Home Educating status to contact me so we can send proof to Legoland (EO membership card or similar is fine, my membership lapsed last year). If you can give me some idea of numbers I …
Never gonna give you up…
We’re back from NicCamps Hunstanton 2007 🙂 Had a lovely week, the hostel was a nice one. It had loads of living space – a proper lounge with comfy chairs, tv and video, a big enough to seat us all at once dining room / conservatory – rather hysterically decorated with displays of lentils, beans …
The day of the mother :)
D woke me before 7am whispering ‘Mummy, it’s your day!’ I agreed that indeed it was and fell asleep again. Ady woke me at 8am with a cup of tea for which I issued grateful thanks and went back to sleep. They all appeared at 9am so I got up 🙂 My Dad arrived shortly …
Happy Mothers Day
all you mothers 🙂