Category Archives: Books

Ranty day

At work, as just feeling hemmed in and overworked. the tues on call still having fallout moments!

Positives – well, friend came over for whine and wine! [Always enjoy a communal rant]

Got 2 ebay purchases – usbournes first people and elixabeth1 – we read the elixabeth straight away, and some of the first people. SB spontaneously pointed out the evolution – First people were monkeys and hairy, then a bit less hairy, then just had hairy trousers [!!] However, she then wanted to know what people might evolve into, and when it might happen [thank god for sci fi!!] I do think she actually understood the concept.

We were outside, and a huge black cloud came up, with a patch of sunlight behind – so we were discussing whether it would rain and heavens opened. SB rather fond of rain, and at least it was warm.

At nursery she has made biscuits, played and eaten. It concerns me that her best friend there she says pinches and kicks her. She says she has spoken to a grown up – so maybe we will chat about it there tomorrow.

BB is experimenting with different vocalisations, and is at present playing on the mat. She is particularly excited by the cats when they wander in. Might persuade her to investigate movement, but she is rather well supported in the bottom department.

Hopefully better day tomorrow at work, and the portico party – yay!

Day 2 of BB’s Baby Welcome

Weather not so good for us today, so predominantly indoors. I was more stressy today – not sure why, as no less relaxing a set up, and I’d made the pasta bake on friday?? Prob. due to a couple of comments that set teeth on edge. [must learn to ignore for own sanity!]

Anyway, predominantly lovely day. SB had a bit of a melt when Morgan left to go home, but a long cuddle and reading new books helped [did I say I caved in to amazon and bought the barefoot book of princesses [with CD] and the usbourne stories from around the world?. Very nice. I particularly love the illustrations of the barefoot princesses book.

Guests today, as well as mine and Chris’s parents and my sister and family where my aunty margaret [mum's sister] uncle mike and cousin mark, and on Chris’s side, Uncle Bob [dad's brother] and cousin Marilyn.

I hope you all can identify the whose who and trace family resemblances.

Cats enjoyed leftover salmon.

Earlier in the morning, before the guests arrived, SB and Morgan were playing schools, doing sums and letters. Rather cute really.

Wish BB’s teeth would come in so I could get a nice sleep!

Anyway, flikr will be linked here.

oops

on recommendation for barefoot books, I have cut down my sonlight order, andt not ordering the lion tales one, instead have bought this and this from ebay!!

not saved a great deal of money there then!

my broken heart

cool freebie from rep today, a heart!! will take piccie and flikrise. It is anatomical and opens up – even the tenae chordae tendonae [heart strings] are there. SB thought it was rather great = i did worry that it was too old really for her. felt like asking for 6, but a bit greedy!

I’m on call but managed to get home.Its been a crap week at work really with my pair off sick, so i am worked to a frazzle. 24 hour shift on sun as well, never mind. have a paper to write up, 2 guidelines, a couple of patient info leaflets, a website, one audit to carry on with and 2 to start. shall try and do some on sun.

we do seem to have slipped into a routine of late bedtime in working week, and me doing stories. this means I don’t feel quite as bereft of SB, though not ideal. there are moves afoot to change our working pattern again, so I am trying to get it family friendly at least. a mooted idea is that we work one hideous 48 hour weekend every 8 weeks, but followed by a week off [as would have worked all the week in one go!] so in my book worth it.

chris at present annoying the life out of me with his fake hiccoughs!

Now, I need help whittling sonlight, so all you orderers out there this is what i think i would like [they are pretty much all in K or 1]

childrens book of art
archaeologists dig for clues
greek myths for young children
maps and globes
aesop for children
ready set go for the code, and explode the code
getty and dubay a-c [is the instructors manual worth having?]
sonlight timeline and K and 1 figures

other things possible
lion storyteller book hsreceived poor review!
then and now
the greek news
living long ago [have one quarterof this so prob not]

I have usborne’s timetraveller, and dk eyewitness castles, vikings, greeks and romans, also the why series, which has a greek one and a castle one. [in fact I have plenty on castles] so not sure whether the last 3 would add much?? otherwise for the lion book, i really am after a nice book of multicultural stories from around the globe which I thought this might be good for? what does anyone think??

ALSO IS IT Too early for susan wise bauer story of the world??

At the moment we are doing a lot on castles and sea creatures, having now left slightly the dreamtime phase! Mind you castles good reading as going to mediaeval fayre in godmanchester tomorrow after stagecoach.

might do some book organising now BB suitable stuffed with milk

Mr Men :-(

I hate the Mr Men books, sorry don’t know why but ‘Grrrrrr!’

We do haveone token one in the house, it was a present.

So when she chose her books in the library this morning, did SB choose one Mr Men book, or maybe two, no not three – no she chose six ! :-(

Talk about torture…….