well, i had a lovely lie in [thanks love] and when i got up both girls were about to start some k’nex models. so BB and i made a dinodor/bird [4 legs plus wings, so a bit unorthodox!] with kids k’nex, and then we all helped make a ferris wheel with SB’s k’nex. I was really proud of how SB managed BB and found her a role and help. we all enjoyed doing it, and it worked! SB the project manager! SB then put various things on the ferris wheel in different places, saw how they slowed the motor or made the wheel wobbly – good hypothesis testing going on! BB played alot with an alphabet bus with me, looking for letters and numbers.
Actually, i do love SB’s totally adoring attitude towards BB. She loves her totally unconditionally, always tries to excuse BB’s outrageous behaviour, and protect her from the consequences [mostly toys in cellar!] loves her, hugs her and incorporates her in loads of her activities. We had a tidy up and then a cafe game before lunch.
After lunch was swimming, would have gone better if chris hadn’t lost the back door keys. by the time he had found them, me and the girls had already gone swimming, the pool was full and wouldn’t let him in.
do you know i am fed up writing this, i have already written it once, for it not to get uploaded, followed chris instructions and lost the lot. so now grumpy. can’t be bothered to particulralry blog all the long swimming blog again. blah blah.
home, and the girls helped chris for a bit drag things to a bonfire and because it was cold both came in and did some painting, followed my watching raven [called raisin by BB] and magic school bus. BB did some numbers and colours match and sort with SB. Out to set fire to the bonfire and generally be pyromaniacs for a bit before coldness took over. we popped some jacket pots to cook as the fire was cooling down. they were yummy for tea!
After tea we packed SB’s bags, as she is going to stay with my mum and dad for 4 days [sob!] SB read her inventions book – which she likes, and then we read ballet shoes at bedtime, and i left her reading the mummies at morning magic tree house book.
Aw at SB and her loving attitude towards BB – that is SB all over really, excellent at seeing the best in people, but also sums up what I love most about sibling relationships – I can’t think of anyone else you can fall out with so spectacularly, be so brutally honest with, yet pick back up again with without holding grudges and love so unconditionally as a sibling :).
I wish Jade had the same attitude to Shannon – we get occasional times of happy friendship, but more fighting and jealousy than anything else
my two have fought like the proverbial cat and dog today and it’s been nothing to do with anything other than general 4ness as far as I can tell.
note that i wasn’t delighting over BB’s siblinghood characteristics! general 3ness there!!