well, not exactly 
we had borrowed another child – E – from sat to weds, as the girls were desperate for a sleepover!
Sunday – they did lots of playing board games, and the wii, and an [interesting!] exceptional 2 hour karaoke performance. I don’t think the girls are very strong on tunes!! When I upload to flickr I might put here, unless am bribed in the interim! Was lovely to see them having such fun
Monday – a home ed worky type day. E got a ticksheet too – i think she is not going to demand them at home tho! Also ballet class. When i got back from work – rather later than anticipated! – the girls helped by baking for me for work the next day. They made a dairy free apple and cinnamon cake and a chocolate cake. We also made sausage rolls and a roast veg pasta salad. Then my 3 kids each had a piano lesson with me. FrB is moving steadily through the book. Our big step really is learning the names of notes as in France the use the sol-fa system. I am doing the Gina plan with BB – we have gone back a bit to regain her confidence! SB has quickly picked up her grade 3 pieces. They are out of date now, but will get her to learn scales, feel comfy and then we will start on Grade 4 music. We are also enjoying her jazz duets. We finished the day watching Epic.
Tuesday – Morning was a bit book worky, and the afternoon was chemistry with daddybean. This time they finished their separation experiment, and then made plastic sulphur – heating it and then cooling in water. This was, apparently, a bit smelly! BB played a boardgame instead with S. The evening was swimming, and then watching 2 episodes of bang goes the theory – one one electricity/power supply, and the other on cancer.
C really struggled with the musical note names in France.
yes, i think the difference is very confusing. Somehow it is far worse for FrB when playing the piano, than when playing the recorder. Probably as the recorder similar to oboe.