Is it just me or do you suddenly find that this whole group of people with whom you meet in one aspect of your life scarily seem to cross over into others. I’m talking specifically about the local HE community who I have bumped into in great number at a party at Mary Cronk’s house today. Mary is homebirth guru type woman who delivered Jack and Maisie (and Jenny’s Fergus) and seems to particularly specialise in ‘against all odds Home Birth babies’ (Julie being a case in point – twins, first pregnancy, refused hospital scans or testing, developed pre eclampsia etc) and she has an annual party at her house which she invites all sorts of ‘Cronk Babies’ their parents and friends to. We went as guests of Chris and Julie but I actually ended up knowing more people there than then through EO local contacts, Activeo members and other random people I know from HE. Odd how home birth seems to lead to breastfeeding and cloth nappies which then seems to lead to Home Education isn’t it (although I only meet two of those criteria) or is it not odd and I’ve suddenly fallen into a stereotype I didn’t know existed! 😉
So we’ve had a lovely day. The kids proved wrong that HE kids don’t know how to mix and mingle by launching themselves straight into the middle of the throng on the bouncy castle;
Played in the ball pool:
Tarly made friends with a dog and a baby 🙂
And playing with the paddling pool – which of course resulted in wet clothing all round (hence two outfits in earlier bouncy castle shots!)
There was lovely food (everyone brought something) and it was just a lovely atmosphere. 🙂
Afterwards we went back to Chris and Julie’s for a bit and then home to bath very grimy children, drink wine and await the roast dinner Ady is about to serve up. 🙂
You’ve met Mary Cronk??? Wow, I think she’s fabulous, and she was so supportive via email when I was having difficulties getting my homebirth with Small.
It doesn’t have to be homebirth to home ed you know, it can go the other way about. I think it’s just about thinking more about your decisions, but there’s probably also a sheep effect, where some ppl just do the home ed/ home birth, or whatever because the other ppl they know do the other bits. I’m too tired to explain this properly…
Comment by jax — 05 June 2005 @ 11:14 pm
ooo wow Mary Cronk.
Personally I hate it when people come on mudpud & say ‘hi I’m X I home birthed, cloth nappied, breastfed, non vaxed, so *of course* I HE’
… but I’d admit a large number of people do seem to do all those things.
Comment by layla — 06 June 2005 @ 9:17 am
You know I have heard a rumour that there is a HEder somewhere who votes Conservative. 🙂
Comment by Tim — 06 June 2005 @ 9:53 am
… never *shock*
😉
Comment by layla — 06 June 2005 @ 11:59 am
gasp, that *can’t* be true! have these people no shame. Let us join together, track them down, take all their nestle away and force them to have facial piercings and wear tie dye!
And Layla – forgot about the vaxing!
Comment by Nic — 06 June 2005 @ 1:00 pm
you will not take my kitkats away
Comment by layla — 06 June 2005 @ 3:03 pm