Ady went to Glee today, not the TV show, the gardening industry trade show at Birmingham NEC. He was there for work but did a spot of networking for potential jobs he could freelance at including some future QVC work. I like the idea of him having something lined up for while we’re away and for when we get back, not least because it will appease my Dad a bit and also be a comfort for Ady to think he has a bit of security.
I got up and dressed and found Dad and Scarlett sitting in the lounge chatting. Dad had arrived before the rest of us were up, tapped on Scarlett’s bedroom window to wake her and got her to let him in. I left them all breakfasted and went off to work for the morning.
Work was hectic as Wednesday mornings tend to be but with plenty of laughing with colleagues too.
Back at home Dad and the kids were out in the garden having found a hawk moth caterpillar and were trying to find some leaves to put in a box with it to watch it do it’s metamorphasis thing. We all had lunch and then Dad left. I looked over the stuff for Badgers today and Ady arrived home.
Scarlett and I walked across to the dentist. She has dodgey enamel on her back baby teeth and whilst it’s not decay she does have a small hole in each. Last time we went she had some fluoride enamel put on one, today she had the other done. The dentist is happy with the way her front teeth are coming through although she does have a bit of overcrowding which might need dealing with at some future point. I’d been feeling really guilty about the fact Scarlett had needed treatment but having talked to the dentist further today she explained it was not about diet or oral hygiene (although good practise will minimise problems obviously) but one of those unexplained, no one knows why things which made me feel better in terms of mother-guilt at least. Scarlett just enjoyed the banana flavoured enamel paste so she was happy :).
Back home again I made a couple of phonecalls to try and get rid of the roof tiles we have had since we built up into the loft. They have been moved around the garden several times and are now on the driveway where they really need to be moved from as we want to put the campervan there. I didn’t get any interest so they are now on freecycle where fingers crossed someone will want them.
Then off to Badgers. Scarlett was hard work so has been given a firm talking to. I’ve no idea where that environment brings out the clingy in her when she really isn’t a clingy child at all but I don’t have much patience for it at all. I had six in my group this evening and sent them off with one of the other parents who is helping this term to learn about handwashing – she is a nurse so perfectly placed to teach them the right way. I sat and chatted to them about food groups, special diets and then we did some looking at following recipes and gathering ingredients. I really struggle with how dumbed down everything is and have a plan to introduce more interesting stuff in stealth mode :).
At the end we played a running around game and Scarlett collided with someone bashing her mouth and taking a huge chunk out of her inside lower lip which bleed and made her cry 🙁 She soon recovered although I think she’ll have a bruise on the outside too.
Back home Ady had tea ready for the kids and I read to them while they ate. Catie had recommended a Morpurgo book to me as one her favourites so I’d ordered it from the library and we started reading that. Unfortunately we ended on Giant’s necklace which is a sad one. I’d realised before the end what the likely outcome was to be and was right and predictably it was not a great one to end on at bedtime so I read the first couple of chapters of an Andy Stanton read and hear pack (large print book and unabridged audiobook to listen along with) I’d brought home for Davies to cheer us all up again.
And that was Wednesday :).