today had a raucous wake up call, and both girls were kicked out of our bed and went downstairs to watch raven, until SB complained BB was la-ing too loudly [which she was].
we started with crafts, as both girls keen to hama. SB used the fab gold beads from merry to make a lovely heart. BB also hama-ed a heart and played with the maxi hama too. BB then did a sticking play [bits of polystyrene to other bits!] should bin it soon… kept us all occupied for a bit, with general chatting.
i was reading elsewhere disclaimers on what is blogged, and i have to say that i am presuming people will know that i hug, tickle and play silly games, we talk non stop [like wind tunnel here some days] and there is low to high level sibling bickering depending on what kind of day it is. no, i don’t really know why i blog. perhaps in case i get alzheimers, or if there is some external need to remember? i don’t know whether this blog would actually do what i guess i would most want it to, to say to my girls how much i love them, have always loved them and always will. and that i attempted to be the best parent i was capable of being, and i tried hard! it possibly wouldn’t cos i bang on about what we have done, but i guess that is the focussed HE bit. And yes, because i don’t blog our stream of conversation [which i couldn't even if i wanted too] i guess this isn’t the full picture either. but, i am this kind of blogger, so this is what you get. i think if you know me you are more likely to fill me and mine around the words, rather than try and make us out of the words?
anyway, we did some work. I have been encouraging bb, in the hopes that stimulation will improve her stroppiness. but trying to balance this against SB’s needs too. SO today BB and i have played alot with the digicolour, done some pre-handwriting practice, done basic counting and matching and sorting, and looked at some letters. She declined violin or recorder practice. we read loads together and sang and did geomags shapes. when SB first had geomags – and for ages afterwards – she mostly used them to make lollipops. BB is entirely different [well, she is about lots of things!] and really wants to make 3d objects – today she made 3d star and a pentagonal house. [3d]
SB and i did a violin practice together, looked at some of the languages section on education city together. SHe also did some handwriting practice and singapore maths. she has read loads of the magic tree house books, so bang goes the plan of reading books around them, as she’s not so keen on re-reading, ho hum! planning to get some magic school bus chapter books and some dk level 4 readers. we get loads of books from library too, but she is a bit of a reading machine. would like some interesting fact based books to offset rainbow fairies and animal ark a bit! SB declined moving and grooving, latin, piano, science kit and barefoot buddhist tales.
both girls did some cbeebies website and colouredsome printouts, and some fighting over the digicolour. [i failed to buy one from sarah years ago!] we had a long discussion about birds as we fed them, and i bought this patio stand to put some of our defender feeders on, as they are hidden in the trees – good for birds, and not so much for watching girls! but it was significantly reduced! [as are some of the bird feeders]
chris doing some more de-ivying around veg bed and a big burn. both girls helped and played with fire [cringe] but no burnings! [bb was keen to discuss burning and dying] they sort of climbed a tree and messed about a bit. prepared for the big storm if it happens by putting toys away. bit concerned as we have plastic bag instead of a pane of glass in the big window, and the conservatory looks like it might fall down if you breathe on it. hmm.
i think that might be it?
oh yes, Sn did a fiar bit of ds-ing, and she is thinking of buying mariokart with her birthday money. we played continuo for our evening game
I wasn’t wanting to make you feel as if a personal vendetta was started against you! I was wanting to show you that you do a lot more hands on stuff than I do – crafting, baking, reading, music (violin and piano), G&D, Maths and so on.
In a weekend you do more with your girls than I do with Chloe in half month.
xx
Clearly that wasn’t hime but me.
He does guitar and that’s about it.
michelle, it wasn’t your blg that sparked the paragraph. i haven’t felt part of a vendetta, instead that i am lucky to have such lovely people that I know – including you – that are willing to listen to my wibbling, gently rubbish it and be friends.
And I still don’t believe your blog btw, I think you are missing out all the 5 seconds mms and lovelys and just being loved and loving companions
Phew!
The mm’s and lovelys and companion bits are the easy bits! It’s the hands on stuff that’s the tiring bits and you definitely do a whole lot more of that than we do. And I think it’s the hands on stuff that kids remember. They don’t remember the always being there and the loving so much as the “remember when Mum made cookies with us, crafted, did that science kit etc” . I’m sure I’ve commented here (probably about a year ago!) that my mum reckons our dad was never around but I remember him flying kites with me, taking us swimming and biking, taking us to an ice cream parlour, all sorts of stuff. I remember my mum throwing the Great Game of Britain into the bin as she as fed up with always being sent the theSheep Dog trials in Perth. Which logically means she must have played the game with me but all I remember is the binning episode.