where are we! i am blogging, so must be wednesday! so, so far this week, monday apparently at 2 days ago is unknowable! AH yes, primarily ballet exam, practicing for it, doing it, and then ballet lesson and some playing at the park. sylvanians spread over the floor suggest possible play! BB loving her new colouring book
SB did a viola prac with me and clarinet. i can’t believe how happy she is with the viola! again, i am not to play it 
so i am not! looking at the blogring we are gaining quite an orchestra! but she still has the good posture [more or less] she had on the violin, and the easy playing style. i plan to just let her get on with it, and then, if she carries on, suggest either a teacher, or allowing me to start! as always she loves the clarinet [tho wants to take up oboe when older! - i forsee someone who can play grade 1 on loads of instruments!] and is trying to practice more as got into the training band at holiday orchestra – woohoo!! and also gamelan and djembe drumming, so def v happy. we watched the first of the last of doctor who as well. i do like rory [sad but true!]
SB in partic had a good home ed day yesterday, seemed to have done lots of bits and pieces, clarinet, maths, english – galore park, french – collins, DK project book – the body as well as swimming – getting the certificates, and the new dance class [which bb isn't going to again] luckilly i wasn’t too late back from work, as DH had lost the house key whilst out, and they were on the drive waiting for me… BB did some reading to me of 1a magic key books. and i read to her, and more dinosaur colouring. we also made some scones together whilst SB at dance. these were semi-disastrous as i used a new to me recipe adjsted to be dairy free, i will not be using it again!
wed – ie today – we went pond dipping – woohoo!! and with the manor borns and le ciel rouge. we managed to meet up in a timely fashion, even tho i thought we would be late due to granting a cookie making wish of bb’s. even better, the place had its own longer nets and trays, so off we set after a restorative cup of tea. found somewhere to be dipping and started. we did really well! some red mites, damsel nymph, leeches, lesser and greater boatmen, newtpoles [lol], shrimpy things, sqiggley things and freshwater mussels. the fish were too fast for us. after a fair bit of dipping, then we had our lunches. hmmm, bakery fail! Z ate my scone with home made jam, bt clotted cream for watirose, bt michelle nearly died eating it, so was relieved of the effort 
i didn’t think it was sooo bad, jst a bit heavy! SB ate loads of mark 2 anyway. more pond dipping, bt some of the newtings had demised duje to getting too hot, and us not tipping them back into big water 
. then the girls did some drawing of what they had found. the manor borns left, we wandered back to cafe not that long after for ice creams and cold drinks – did i say it was sweltering?? cos it was! Z and i had plenty of time to chat whilst children [crazy loons] payed on the outside exercise stuff. V proud of BB as now happy to go on zipwire all on own, and v proud of SB for being so helpful and just all round lovely.
we nipped back to z’s to see where they lived and be nosy – yes, fab extension! v jealous of open plan kitchen, and hopefully will go back for longer! [if bb's enormos tantrum at leaving hasn't pt you off!!] BB fell asleep fairly instantly in car, whilst SB and i sang along to italian. sb had brownies, the pair of them jdo, but also investigating a couple of new books, BB loves the music theory and sb the scientists book and then second part of doctor who. ok, so how did he escape? hey??? and rory, ahhhhhh
Apparently it’s ok to like Rory – Gwenny and Violet think he’s great
the jam was lovely.
giggle x 2!