nearly a week of blogging

even if it isn’t me doing the HE-ing, i am going to try and write something! that is whay an increased numbe rof book reviews might appear, they are at least a commentary! must have an early night tonight. had a late night last night, and some insomnia, and therefore SB and I had a mad moment, but we will get to that…

started early, bB had had a late night too, so watched the jungle book and sang along – as you do! sb got home, and heard what a wonderful time she had had, and then she had a total breakdown cos bb had let me play with her sylvanians and i had lost one! found it in 2 seconds, but TBH, as playing sylvanians for 3 hours had been a total labour of love, to be berated for it hard. and then they spent 1 hour setting up game, sb said to bb she was bored and not playing with her again yada yada so i flipped, threatened ebay and sb wailed and sobbed, and i know i really am being crap mum and retired to kitchen to mope.

we all made up, and did lots of hama beading. its a bit like home occupational therapy. i am much more relaxed if we are crafting or doing something semi purposeful. so i made stars, sb dolphins and bb abstract patterns that are rather nice. and we will need to do a bead merrily order. Michelle/merry is it the fluorescent ones or the neon ones that look best in the sunlight as they will be going on back door?? [my basket looks full - rofl!]

and so, having made up, we went outside, let monsterrabs play [beeline for veg patch, where the orange of the pumpkins and the sweetcorn pretty much ready tells me autumn about to arrive. humph.] i filled up the pool, as they both allegedly wanted to swim, bb did infact dunk herself in the freezing water, sb continued to hama, and i took the opportunity to read [a skill nabbed from jan on SOTP] . the girls may not take in so much this way, but it is still passing close to their ears!

Actually, they did both concentrate on this electricity book, as it is written and illustrated in a compelling way, so both sat on my lap! we also have been to a hydro dam, seen pylons etc etc and could place it easily in our world. poss slightly simplistic for sb now, but she and bb both love this series.

bB stayed on lap being cuddled whilst sb re-hama-ed as we did some french. la petite poule rouge et les grains de ble. i have learnt a new french word, ble = wheat! we didn’t finish the book, as for us it is rather long, but got half way, and got good at the ‘pas moi, je suis tres occupe!’ bB chipped up to translate la ferme into farm [all that c'est la ferme des pommiers business!] [sorry katy if my french is all wrong, you can correct the girls one day !!] ooh, i see little linguist now actually stocks the french – tempting, tempting!!

And that was it really, dinner outside. monsterrabs can squiggle out of join between hutch and run. new hutch on way. tomorrow we are planning to step back to the 1940′s