sorry about that. and the h key is sticking, so having to remember to give it a jolly good thump! [if the word looks odd, see if it is missing an h!]
so , where are we – reads blog to check! o yes. forgot to say:
tues, SB got her 9a and 9b swimming
wed, she got presented her judo green/white belt
thurs she did something well at gym, but i can’t remember :blush:
she has tried hard with ballet practice, so i am really keeping fingers crossed she does alright in the exam, but… she has stubbed toes and twisted ankles non stop this week, and TBH, fairly certain she broke end of toe on thurs when dropped mayonaiise jar on it… anyway, she has worked hard for it, so hoping she goes ok. it is her grade 3!
i guess generally bits of home ed happened, bit of tidying up, extra ballet class etc on friday, and soon after i got home thebabs and family arrived = woohoo! we made sure to get the kids fed and watered this time before we got started gaming – alhambra, the children played outside, went on the wii, and were finally shooed up to bed to ds/sleep according to preference! they were somewhat disappointed that they couldn’t make jam and crumble with the wild plums they had harvested from the garden!
they still woke up early! i went into work, and then met up with them all at a historical reenactment fair going on near where i worked. it was soooo hot! i found them all in the shade lunching, so joined them, then we wandered around the encampment a bit, peered at some stalls, wailed that too hot [bb!] and then watched a reenactement of hereward the wake beating the normans. we were refreshed at that point with icecream or freshly made lemonade 
but although we fancied seeing the last reenactment thingy, we were all just far to hot and made our way home. luckilly paddling pools were supplied with freezing water, and children cooled down and recovered equanimity! loved watching the younger 3 ds supermario bros. laughed and laughed and laughed! the bigger 2 nade a wild plum. apple and fruit that needed using up crumble, pretty much all by themselves, which was yummy, and the younger 2 made wild plum jam, pretty much all by me – which was also yummy!! kids then sat infront of spiderwick chronicles after dinner, whilst we played another game! [v lucky not to be called into work!]. we used the interactive deck of agricola, and my hand was dreadful, so i admit to having a slight grump! i do love agricola, but only after about the second or third round, as always feel daunted before that!
when i went into work this morning not a dickybird [or child] was stirring! 
which is most unusual! they had when i returned tho – mixture of outside paddling pool, sylvanians, ds and wii play i think. geocaching as an option had been discarded due to the too hot factor. i facepainted 3/5 – and actually thought the flower/hummingbird far more successful than anticipated. BB seriously flagging tho. guests left 2ce and still forgot something SB did ballet prac, watched bang goes the theory, snaffled all the remaining toblerone bits, and went to bed [in a protracted kind of way] i am now going to bed too, but had a suprisingly quiet on call weekend [well, i still am on call, so shouldn't speak too soon!] and lovely guests, enjoyed by all. thanks for visiting.