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shhh, BB asleep
at last!
she does seem to have a very low sleep requirement. She had a good day playing today, and had fun bashing keys on baby toy to make a tune the hit herself with it!
chris took the girls swimming, which they enjoyed.will try and go reg on a sun early morn as well. SB keen on idea of lessons, but as monthly we seem to be spending more than i got for a full year as a student I think we may have to pass. [just done budget, and we are def on that trendy asset rich cash poor thing. ho hum!]. they both enjoyed it. SB also had fun with the baby toys and investigated new webland issue
When I escaped home, me ‘n SB hama’d a bit, read some phonics, podded beans ate tea and cuddled up with bedtime stories [ i fell asleep first]. since then i have budgeted [where is gorgeous alvin when you need him?], whizzed around blog ring, and played with BB – as she last slept pre teatime]. She has finally zedded out.
chris has put shelving in what will be craft cupboard, so hopefully can make headway in creating order out of chaos.
Posted in art and crafts, Butterbean, DIY/ house renovation, General, literacy, SB-PE, Stringbean's HE
Thank god it is ok
| Your IQ Is 135 |
 Your Logical Intelligence is Exceptional Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Genius |
pride would have got me if came out crap!! Aren’t I sad!
Saw it first on Jax’s, then nics then joyce’s, but I think Katy’s originally – thanks for the blogmeme
Posted in Daft Stuff, General
sunny day
And so it needed to be, as first opportunity to play with SB for me since I left Kessie. only got home from work at half 10 and ravenous, but after that went for quality SB time, as get more interaction with BB in the evenings.
Started with playing all together, with me n SB stacking up cups for BB to knock down, and putting toys in them for her to find. BB is such a sweetheart, and her face is all aglow with excitement in these combined games with SB, who it is quite clear she hero worships. [what a long sentence]
BB carried on while SB and I started doing some hama aboriginal dreamtime style piccies. Actually SB not bad, though attention span compromised, so moved on to playing copy each others patterns and sorting out the colours. Particularly including counting, adding and spatial relationship skills. Kept us both happy!
we spent alot of the afternoon playing in the sandpit, burying our dinosaur fossil and then hiding it around the garden.
Sb also put on shows for us to watch. We then dug up potatoes and picked broad beans for tea, but actually had pasta – LOL. Oh well, there for tomorrow. Unfortunately the potato tops have blight, and the whole veg patch weed city. Not done a good job.
Actually whilst on house update, roof leaking, bath taps dodgy, showers not working, 100 year old grapevine dying etc etc. sigh massively!
After tea we read the 10p book from the hospital friends stall on rivers and water. very nice. It also had a picture off newt eggs on oxygenator plants. we of course know that now from last years experiment of what are these eggs, and what will they become [well 2 goldfish and 2 newts].
BB hasn’t been ignored, and has been doing lots of standing practice and manipulating objects. also some tummy shuffling. She is such a bundle of happiness. 3rd tooth nearly through.
little nanny walking with special zimmer, and the girls visited her for a long time yesterday – did nanny the power of good I think. the other ladies also cooed over my girls. SB took in the usbourne pocket science book of why we are ill for little nanny, so she would understand 0 bless. other ed moment sith chris [in case he doesn't blog] were stagecoach yesterday final rehearsal, and my fav, SB asking if the world slowed down spinning in summer so the days were longer. we need a globe I think!
I really would like to organise and arrange our home ed better again [still autonomous, but with the ideas etc ready] however, with the house in chaos and me always at work, I am worried that we are never going to do it as we would like. Early days yet I guess.
oh, and Chris P, 2 ways to my heart, food and calling my child gorgeous! Thankyou.
Kessie Brain Dump Post – We Loved It!
Guess I should say something about the week then! Here it is in brain dump mode.
Since I was working, I was only there sat, sun, mon and wed, so chris will have to fill in the rest!
Lowlights ? chris forgetting the tentpoles!!!!; going back to work; BB having a feeding frenzy all one night
Highlights ? meeting lots of people both met before at Melrose, and new; watching how well all the children got on [SB in her element]; basket weaving.
Anyway Alison saved the day with her khyam, so we had somewhere to sleep the first night ? also meant that Chris put up communal tent. Next day he went home at crack of dawn ? lucky not to be thought an intruder by my golfclub wielding dad ? and returned with our little tent. As I was still sulking, he made a good attempt to put it up on his own, though I think Jax and Tim may have taken pity on him and helped a bit!
Sunday was also sunburn day ? Nic had a particularly fetching fingerprint pattern up her arm. Caused by finding the sun tipping the yard arm fairly early and a drinks session in the afternoon. Not just Nic ? I hasten to add! Layla and I decided we had pitched the tents well, as the area in front of our tents turned out to be the communal gathering, pull up a chair kind of area, so without even trying we were very sociable.
On the communal front, ?the other chris? was far more sociable than I had been led to believe. I really enjoyed meeting people [so far more confident ? yes, ok noisy, strident and opinionated ? than at Melrose], chatting away about this and that.
The children played well together, with minimal tantrums. Though SB did bite someone [again sorry]. She really isn?t a biter [or even hitter/fighter] and spent the next 30 mins sobbing in my arms about it. The like a bike type thing from Lidl that we took was enjoyed by most of the children was purchased by other parents after seeing how much fun it was ? so def a Jax started craze!
Also purchased from lidl were 2 sun gazebos to stop further burning by simon. Unfortunately they were child sized~!! [he coped admirably with the teasing] Chris went to homebase for the real thing ? though the kiddies was cuter.
We did no sparky clubbing until the last day, and SB was blissfully unaware of existence. We did go swimming, join in the communal activities, but really left her and the socialisation to its own devices.
BB and the other babies played together in sun cabanas. Mexican waving at each other and eating each other?s toys. They are all of a similar size, so looked v cute.
For me the weather was no prob [though had hideous drive home], a duvet made the bed warm [and BB as the hot water bottle]. I find storms quite relaxing really.
So all in all, really wonderful. Thankyou Merry for organising.
Pictures to follow at some point!
Posted in Butterbean, General, Out and About, socialisation, Stringbean's HE
Kessie blog
all going well – very nice time by all, weather lovely. Some of the blogring [and ex blogring] got sunburned by sitting drinking in one position for far too long [avoided pressure sores though]. A rather close to home member of the blogring forgot to take poles for the tent, so is still be very nice to me to make up!! Thank Goodness that the HEMUK crew took a spare tent!
Busy back at work, so no time to go into any details. Wish you all were there enjoying too though
Posted in General, Out and About, Stringbean's HE
Kessie tomorrow!!!
Today at work noticeable for the massive thunderstorm, and my introduction to the NHS IT chaos in the making which is choose and book!
got home just before the beans returned from nursery. I had my dig it out dinosaur fossil from ebay arrive and a book today – SB thought it was great, and with very little finesse, it is done! SHe was most impressed though, so worth the ?3. I have found somewhere that sells them not on ebay for a little bit less [must check postage], so may buy a few and get them out periodically. also does some egyptian ones too. WIll buy one for nephews birthday to go with jigsaw.
We then went out in the garden to play catch – SB getting better at catching a ball [not one of the family's great skills] Then we picked loads of broad beans for tea – yummy. Whilst waiting for tea [mum cooking] we did some of the puzzle bits on webland. oh, and the fairy garden has germinated, so very happy.
SO although i was at work, I think today I still mnanged to touch base with SB in a good way. SHe had fun at nursery with her friends, and they did ‘PE, playing and eating’!!!!
BB definitely getting more determined to get own way – so yet another strong willed girl in the family. She is quite surprised when she shunts herself backwards, but think she’s getting better at it. SHe’s eating more, and feeding less, and nearly sleeping through! I am finding expressing hard going, but really want to keep the BF going. Life is going to calm down a bit, and I need to keep going until then.
Little Nanny starting to walk. The physios doing a good job, but still way off actually walking, and she is getting fed up. She is a bit confused and a bit depressed, but when she gets back to her won home I think a lot will improve.
ANyway, stagecoach tomorrow, and we will set off at 2 ish, so arrive perhaps 5 ish?? save a big khyam space for us. [don't know our number, but we are pretending to be the clarke's] Look forward to sharing a chat with all those going, meeting old and new faces. I’m not as nervous as I was for Melrose, so actually enthusiastic rather than resigned!
Posted in art and crafts, Butterbean, gardening, General, Stringbean's HE
raining!
and what a profound sense of relief it brings! humidity must be getting to me.
must remember to get chris to take wine with us!!
Posted in General
Guess a quick update in order!
so, to recap!…
well, a fair bit this week we have discussed the aboriginal art in our ‘home ed’ [!] room. So today SB and I made some dreamtime pictures. she was really enthusiastic, and as well as dots and footprints, we had lizards, barramundi and honey ants.
We looked up australia n the map, and some of my photos. ALso discussed different animals – AKA the ones in koala brothers! Her geography puzzle book has a dreamtime story about Uluru [ayers rock].
other ed type stuff was in discussing dinosaurs [a recurrent theme] and how the earth was formed. I am going to have to buy fantasia I think!
A lot of bouncing on the spacehopper, climbing, splashing in pool etc also carried out.
BB spent most of the time in the pool so as to keep cool – still blotch queen, but no longer worrying about it being rubella – phew. SHe also enjoyed playing with bead frame and some sponge balls. On lying on her tummy this evening, she managed to push herself backwards, so I think mobility phase commencing.
Mum and Dad staying as Little Nanny still n hospital, surgery seemed to go well, but she still can’t walk, and she and physio getting frustrated. And Little Nanny starting to loose hope a bit again. i am sure it is early days, but understandably there is some panic/consternation about what happens if she can’t walk.
I had a rough on call this week, but made it to the clinical governance meeting. I have to say I feel pulled in all directions in the moment, and it is difficult to retain focus and determination. Just keep breathing!!
i just want to be able to have more home-ed/family days and less stress days at the moment. I think my SB time is again suddering – though with the family around she seems OK with it.
Posted in art and crafts, Butterbean, General, geography, history, Stringbean's HE