and so onto this week

hmm, sb had forgotton how to play the piano, so daily practice, and it is coming back quickly! am doing a home made colourstrings alike with BB for piano, as she wants to play tunes. Fair bit of general stuff gone on – maffs, grammer for SB and maffs and cvc words for BB [she doesn't know all the letters yet, but we have moved onto words and she can learn them there]. lots of going out – optician, local group gym, nannas and the reg groups. SB is humming and hawing over brownies. there seem to have been a few comments that not clever enough to go to school, or wouldn’t cope, and seeing that e and r go to a group which is mixed girls and boys, she might want to do that instead. she doesn’t want us to have a word with the leader.

today had been originally going to leicester space centre, but chris had to clear a space for the treecutter to come [approved by conservation area] and the girls didn’t fancy the science festival things on offer, so we planned to do science at home. however, BB got stuck into calligraphy – ever since the denny abbey thing, when we bought her an ink pen… and SB did some ‘normals’. i suggested they took turns with what kind of experiment we did. SB first choice = surface tension experiments, so we did a few things with pennies, pippettes and soap – merry what was your colourful one all about? BB wanted to mix chemicals, so we pH our acetic acid, and then – with plenty of windows opened – added spoonfuls of lots of different chemicals [well, one at a time, washing out in between!] seeing if a gas was made and seeing if it was CO2, hydrogen or O2 [tho a bit flakily!] both were caught out by the sodium carbonate… we also saw some pH changes! the final one – chosen by both – was crystal making – so all set up now.

both did something cooking – SB made eggy bread, and BB decorated cupcakes. they then played alot v noisily together!! i ordered some magazine subscriptions, sorted out my tax rebate and my parents birthday presents. SB and i then played ticket to ride, with BB ‘helping’ me. SB won! even though i went to murmansk!!

SB off to brownies and BB played marching dinosaurs through air drying clay, whilst i made some family fimo beads – quite badly as i have no artistic merit! but to put on a geotravelbug when i get one!! finished the day with a snuggle watching robin hood, and SB got v tearful [hugs] so a long snuggling bedtime. she has just come downstairs, so i am now going to go up and cuddle her to sleep.