I did chat to SB, who says she knows I work,and would love me to be at home more, but loves me for who I am, and that I do lovely things with them etc etc. That girl has a heart of gold 
SO the weekend! I was at home the weekend, and we got up, did some home ed and then went to the library for the big read presentations. SB and BB are keen supporters of the library. Was very proud of BB that she went upnon her own without SB for the certificate and medal. a big step forwards for her. When we got back DH was painting the big window and both girls did some maths and i did some sewing. We all played board games BB’s fab labybird game that she made in fimo s a copy from poisson rouge, and supermariobrothers ds, which i am entirely hopeuless at, and bth girls scream for me to turn myself into a bubble!! SB then went off for pretty much the rest of the day. She had a swimming party with her friend in guides and then was invited back to her house. BB felt a bit lost without her. We agreed on a craft to do, but it was one of those annoying packet crafts that you can’t actually do straight off. grrrrrrrrr. i have made a fix for it, at least part of it, so it can be started on. instead we finishd a santa craft we have had for ages, played games and watched something – mostly dinosaur and natural history progs. A lovely relaxing bath and she went off to bed as SB came home. To be fair this is a fairly sanity edited version of the day as BB was finding most things a trauma so we had a number of emotional high and lows.
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Next day we concentrated on doing things we enjoyed with each other. we were outside in the garden, BB did some crafting and then a science experiment. She wanted to use her cuttlefish bone for something, so we put rough chunks in vinegar and also more powdered in another and popped a cork in the top, which got pushed out. we tested the gas and it was carbon dioxide.
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After lunch we then went out to a 40′s village shindig and met merry, zoe and girls there, had a wander round, learnt something, chatted and played and generally had lovely time whilst the sun was shining. BB got a cute ladybird pendant watch, which now doesn’t seem to work despite change of battery. will try a new battery. Definitely ice cream weather home to chill out and watch dr who and the new merlin all snuggled together. DH had put second coat of paint on windows too so all right with the world.
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am glad that all was right with the world by the evening and that you had a good chance at spending family time together.
Oh, and woohoo!!! to the paint going onto the window!!!!!
Like the focussing on the positives :-). You must be so happy re the window painting. I’m happy and it’s not my window. Done just in time now weather turned too
I wish you could have a snapshot of how unbelievably little time my career focused parents spent with us and how amazingly you do in comparison.
I wish you could believe how much more you did with your kids than I do with mine.
I wish you would always see those things so that when you look back you will remember it joyfully and not feel a failure, when that is so very far from what you are.
I wish I could magic you something which helped you to see that you see your parenting giving time in the same way you see exams; that you work hard, then fret you haven’t done enough, then come top and still wonder where those extra three marks went.
SB is right you know, you’d do well to always listen to her