Thursday.
Off to Tots and Nots groups in the morning. Just in time for SB to take part in a French game with Katy. I sat with BB and did a picture with her made from different shapes cut out of paper. Bit of general playing and snack eating. SB did a picture as well. Drew a portrait of Helen. Gina whose does various music teaching there brought along some flutes. so they got to have a go with those. BB was interested, but didn’t want to try. SB managed to get some sound out of it without to much effort. Bit of singing of songs, then SB had her first recorders session with Gina. said she enjoyed it and wants to do some more. It should be becoming a regular thing.
By now BB was pretty grumpy – she wanted to go and watch SB playing, said she was hungry but didn’t want to eat any of the things I had in the bag. Didn’t want to do anything I suggested etc. – probably tired (had woke me up before 5 am, though went back to sleep later) and hungry (only had eaten half a slice of toast and a modicum of yoghurt ).
Headed off home via Tesco’s for a few things – which was a bad idea – it’s a big Tesco Extra store and buying just a few things seems to involve walking miles. BB was amusing by the bakery counter. I was with SB a bit further along whilst she chose her bread, BB was sat in the trolley shouting out ‘ I want Spooky Spoon bread’ ! :-) Spooky spoon (from the character in Numberjacks) bread being her name for a French stick – ever since we had one that was vaguely spoon shaped at the end and they kids dubbed it Spooky Spoon.
They both amused a mother at the veg bit. They were both begging me to buy a bag of Peas in their pods because they love eating them straight from the pods – but they were imported and rather expensive so I didn’t. Good to have kids who like consider buying bread and vegetables a treat though 
Escaped Tesco and got home to a late lunch of mostly Spooky spoon bread accompanied by a dose of Magic School Bus. SB did piano practice, and handwriting. BB got out her violin and played with that, couldn’t find her maths book which she wanted, so did some leap-padding. then they both got out the Geomags. BB got upset because they kept on sticking to each other 
and they bickered and argued over which Geomags they each had, could do with more really. I cooked some soup, which neither of the kids seem to like much – probably a tad too spicy for them. Helen came home and read some books with them – I caught one about Alexander Graham Bell.
Then off to bed.
Clo gets me on the strawberries, raspberries, blackberries that sort of thing and I waver between fruit and vitamins and the cost of it all.
She wins.
She also loves the peas from the pod. She memorably ate the entire bowl at Grit’s house once. Now I’m feeling guilty as didn’t know they were really pricey. Hope it was in season when she ate them.
Well, I can think of worse things for them to want money spent on. We do stick though to only buying strawbs etc. in their UK season (both costs and quality – imported strawbs are generally rubbish) Even bette rof course, when ours in are ready in the garden, we produce more than they want to eat.. I can usually deflect the desires onto something a bit more reasonably priced when neccessary.
Peas in the pods always seem expenisve, these were just more so, I think probably becuase the end amount seems small in comparison.And sometimes a bit disappointing to eat, I think peas are one of those things that really are best fresh from the plant – I think the sugars must convert to starch or something. Probably why frozen peas are generally so good.