This morning Ady and I caught both cockerels and held them up so we could all decide which one to keep. The decision was unanimous and we still have the more golden-y of the two – the one to the right in yesterdays picture. The other one has gone to a very good home where he will have free range of a big garden and about 15 hens to keep him company.
I went off to work as Ady was going to a nearby supplier first today which didn’t open til 9am and it’s nice to get into work slightly early sometimes as I am normally scrambling in the door at seconds to nine am (not I hasten to add the fault of anyone looking after D and S (well unless it’s my Mum, just cos I am crap at getting anywhere on time, I am late when Ady is home too and I’m not waiting for anyone to arrive). I was very warmly welcomed into work as two people had phoned in sick and the place was chaos! I helped do the banking and then followed an actually quite busy day. My Christmas display in the junior section was annoying me at still being up so I suggested an ‘as seen on TV’ display to go in it’s place, the idea being that if children see their favourite TV characters are also in books (and yes I know, many of them started their lives in books long before they made it to TV land) it might encourage reading / help them relate to books / bring the books to life / make them something it is easier for adults to sit and read with them. That all sounds very patronising to me written down like that but I know it is what libraries, particularly ones in areas of social deprivation (which is what Lancing is classes as) are all about for junior borrowers. Plus I got to spend time looking for Charlie and Lola books and then playing with the colour photocopier, making 3D images of books with scissors and sticky tape and then prancing about with staple guns and rolls of coloured paper. I was pretty pleased with the result – the photo doesn’t do it justice as about 2 / 3 of the books are standing out from the wall at various depths and some of them have stuck on bits of some of the pictures bringing them out further.
I got home about half an hour before Ady, Dad was here and passed on the message that the swimming pool had rung about Scarlett’s lessons and he’d said I’d call back tomorrow, so hopefully I can get her on the same day / time as Davies, which would be excellent. Dad has offered to pay for that too :).
Davies and Scarlett have had a nice day apparently, they were full of what Richard and Rebecca had got for Christmas (a baby annabel and a sonic screwdriver seem to have been the mentioned gifts) and said they’d had fun playing. When I got home they were totally immersed in a game with some toy animals while Dad looked on.
I did their tea, we chatted a bit, Ady came home and I packed them off to bed early as Scarlett had been awake in the night – she wasn’t the only one, Ady woke up coughing around 3am which woke me up and kept us both awake for nearly an hour :(.
I’ve listed a few books on amazon marketplace, more to get shot of clutter than in any hope of making money (cos you don’t really, on amazon marketplace, most of the titles I’m listing are at a penny!) but surprisingly 3 have already sold.
Tomorrow we’re off to get together with Mel, Liam and Lily before they go back to school on Monday, so the children are looking forward to that.
Your display is very cool.
Andrew asked me today if he could go to swimming lessons so I looked up courses at our nearest one and OMG at the prices!! very nearly said No Way, but then remembered sobbing over your post about Davies making it across the pool and getting his certificate, and somehow ended up agreeing to phone them tomorrow.
Are we socially deprived in Lancing then? What does that mean? I thought it was us home educators who were considered to have socialising issues.
Your display looked excellent. When we filled in forms about how to make the library better Rebecca put ‘more Charlie and Lola books’, so she’ll be thrilled with your display.
It was a bit strange not seeing you in the morning before I looked after your kids. Nevermind, maybe I’ll catch you for five minutes on Wednesday. I’ll set my alarm, lol. They were fine, by the way.