whilst sb away, bb will play

actually, whilst SB having an absolutely fab time at pgl, BB was a bit moochy. she really REALLY missed her big sister. i was at work a lot, and unfotunately am going to have to work most of my wednesdays for the next 6 months, but with a guarentee that i will get them back at the end. this means that home ed is going to have to work differently. with me working so very much more than full time, DH and the girls will need to do it all whilst i am at work, so that when i get home we can do music prac, story of the world, but mostly play a game, do a craft or read. already the increased hours are leaving me feeling shattered and burnt out from both ends. the girls grizzle more [well bb] and i don’t respond well it also means that there may be significantly less blogging, i am running out of available time, and don’t plan to use the time with the girls to blog!

anyway, i made sure i did things with bb on my return from work, and on the weds [which i did have off] we did playing together, lego and went swimming again, so that i could feel that i was part of the family, rather than an evening visitor. I read stories every night, snuggled up to watch a film.

DH did do some of the window DIY – woohoo! and we have painters in working on the sash windows. gradually this house is coming together. BB and DH made a wooden boat. BB did most of the sawing, hammering etc herself whilst DH oversaw the project. she then painted it multicolour and it looked fabulous

at the weekend SB returned – hooray BB and i made a cake whilst waiting for her, did some trampolining together and some more playing. After SB returned we went geocaching round the village lake – i am planning to increase the number of walks i do too . Sunday we cut out and decorated lots of fish, in prep for our summer party, and we went pond dipping and tree climbing. it was a lovely day when i got home DH had worked hard on the window, and i made courgette mousakka for us, full of ingredients from the garden, and sausages with home grown veg for the girls. All very happy

what i should have added was that SB had a fab time. she really enjoyed it, and time spent with Maddy. she loved all the activities, thought they had a great leader and had lots of laughs, and she would like to do more climbing next time. the veggie food was disgusting apparently, and one girl in the group kept trying to stuff meat in her mouth, but this doesn’t seem to have phased her. she had no major injuries, tho one of her broken teeth needs reconstructing again!!!