today i was a bit low on patience. The girls were a bit low on tolerance. Various people comment [IRL] that this blog always sounds good – the spin i put on there. i guess thats because I want to remember with rose spectacles, I know the usual tensions were there, so I don’t necessarily need to go into them. for posterity, however, a fairly standard exchange
BB – wail cry, want to watch numberjacks. i haven’t watched for ages
me- lets read a book or play a game
SB – I want to play a game
me – after you’ve finished your maths
BB – no, its my game, I’m bouncing
SB – BB bouncing on me – wail wail
Me – BB stop bouncing on SB, SB do your maths up the table, on the sofa or in the dining room, not spreadeagled on the floor where BB wants to bounce
SB and BB – wail, its not fair
[BB scratches SB to make her move ]
SB force 10 wails, BB SCRATCHES ME
Me – SB, on the sofa NOW. I asked you to move, you have stayed on the floor to annoy her. BB off the bouncer and say sorry to S – NO? then to the stairs
[bounce bounce bounce , BB goes, comes back and says sorry, peace restored, until next time!]
Does that help?
Anyway, great wailing choruses apart, SB did maths, handwriting, much computer gaming. We read about the first landing on the moon. BB bounced, read books, played with dolls house, starfalled [she is v good on starfall].
We all just about did a jigsaw of America together – BB wanted to do it, less than impressed with SB helping, though we did manage to do it toether without too much stress in the end. We all bailed outside, where a bit more personal space enabled us all to be happier people.
the cosmic supply bit is that chris wheeled out our old broken washing machine, and 1 mins later there was a knock and an enquiry to take it away. Fantastic – someone can fix it or sell it for parts, and we don’t have to go to the tip.
i made a particularly yummy chilli bean soup/stew [it was halfway between - rofl] for tea. we all wolfed it down. We finished watching Adam Hart Davis looking at the cosmos: a beginners guide.
I can’t see any problem with you dwelling on the positive bits, we all know about our own wails as it were.
lol, it does help somewhat though, even if we do all know it happens in the background!
ah, but Sarah, you’ve met my girls!! you *know* the background level of wails and pouts!!
If people don’t blog their upsets I just assume a smattering here and there – doesn’t everyone?
I think so Allie, and I think I do put in bits and pieces of less than perfect – but I am a resolute polyanna. Mind you, I do tend to imagine everyone else’s home ed is more organised/exciting/flowing/perfect and desirable!!
That sounds like the sort of spats we have now that Ms R wants to get on with something a bit more ‘grown-up’.