Category Archives: Daft Stuff

And then it went Bang!

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Daddybean | 2 comments

I put a 2l bottle of fizzy water in the freezer yesterday to cool down for taking out. Of course I forgot about it and it got left in there.

I found it and took it out this evening whilst getting dinner, left it on the pantry floor by the freezer.

About an hour later, while having dinner there was an very loud bang , and what sounded a bit like broken glass tinkling about. So loud I thought maybe there had been some explosion outisde, H thought someone had shot through one of the windows.

But no, it was the bottle which had rather dramatically exploded – presumably the freezing and expansion of the bottle had caused some damage/weakened the bottle, then as it defrosted the pressure rose as the CO2 gas was released – and bang it went, spraying ice everywhere. Fizzy ice is rather odd.

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Honey, I Set Fire to the Cake

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Daddybean | 5 comments

While i was at Rainbows, H was at home with BB making her birthday cake (me and the girls were going to make it this morning, but it didn’t happen) we were going to make a marble cake, which after BB saying she wanted to make two cakes, they ended up doing.

Looks rather like a volcano to me.

Anyway, after dinner me and the girls were doing the candles etc. on the cake. we were going to make the digits 39, but BB was helping, so we decided just to put as many candles as we had on.

I lit them, it all looked good:

and then the of half the candles which we had lit first had ot so hot from all the candles being together they were melting and collapsing, which ten set fie to the ruff round the cake all rather entertaining.

So, we had cake with added wax decorations

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Just another Tuesday

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Daddybean | Leave a comment

Morning, off to the Library. SB on her inline skates, BB on scooter. So took much longer given SB’s skating speed at the moment. BB very funny, she is very much into mad scootering at the moment. Zooming along shouting madly, she was scootering along, going ‘look I can steer’ when she crashed straight into a telegraph pole

Library, storytime for BB – SB sits and reads other things now, a bit of craft sticking making tulip pictures. which BB insisted we bring home and put up over the cooker taking down old artwork. Finding some more books – SB brought home 9!! Mr Men books. I told her she would have to read them all herself as i wasn’t going to read them (really dislike the Mr Men books), a bit of nattering and home.

Met Trish, other HE mum and child C in library, and they came back a bit later for coffee/lunch and playing. Trying to play indoors didn’t quite work, but decamping to the garden and the sun was much more successful.

After they’d departed they made birthday cards for Helen, and wrapped presents. SB had to go over the road and buy some more wrapping paper. except for crossing the road (which she can do fine at the zebra crossing, but just likes you to watch her in case she isn’t sure about it) she manages such shopping trips OK. BB stuck a strip of paper together and wrapped it up to make what was apparently a fish for Mummy.

SB got on with some more Getty and Dubay handwriting, followed by some maths. Stuff on money (Dollars and Cents – it’s Singapore maths, but it’s all decimal so she’s happy with that) all pretty easy stuff. Was a litle stuck on what writing say 65c in Dollars meant and why it was $0.65 – she got the hang of it though. Though I mad a bad job of trying to explain decimal points. which reminded me we need to do stuff stuff on fractions reallys.
Meanwhile BB played one of those impenetrable 3yo kiddie games with a seemingly random selection of objects, in this case something like a teaspoon, a plastic dinosaur, a plastic tub, a pair of nail clippers and wooden lolly stick.

I did stuff like get dinner going, hanging up washing etc.

Sat and read a bit (of one of the numerous new Book People books) of a book about Rainforests, which some how involved a conversation on rabbits eating their own poo They then sat and read some of their library books before dinner.

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And breathe…..

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Daddybean | 3 comments

Someone pass me a handy wall.

Butterbean’s replacement Leappad arrived (seller just sent a whole replacement one in the end, works fine), so get that sorted out, SB get’s out hers, offers to use the starter book on hers as well so that they can do the same one together. But BB doesn’t seem interested in that and just faffs about, so SB, get’s out other ones to do.

At which point of course BB wants the book SB has and then just spends time annoying SB (BB has plenty of books for hers, SB gave her some of old er simpler ones).

Move onto baking cakes, as SB needs to take cake/biscuits/fruit etc. to share at Rainbows camp. She wanted to make the Choc Spread Cake. decide we’ll make two, so BB gets one of her own to make and we have one here to eat. Does not of course stop the bickering or BB doing things deliberately to annoy SB or (things I’ve asked her not to do (dip finger in choc spread, lick, repeat. or brush all the spilt flour, sugar etc. onto the floor)
Just about made it to the end of baking without banishing them both from the kitchen 8O. Licking of bowls and spoons was only allowed on pain of death if there was arguing.

I’ve made coffee and sent them upstairs to get dressed (or at least quiet). I need five minutes peace

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that countries quiz

Posted on April 3, 2008 by HHaricot | Leave a comment

has been messing up my blog, now deleted!!

anyway, was 70 first go [big square] and 80 second go [for smaller square which still didn’t work – i skipped the difficult spellings [yes, i am that bad i was doing continent by continent...]

have a go

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SB’s sats results

Posted on April 2, 2008 by HHaricot | 3 comments

as determined by me, looking lazily at the relevant pages!

English

speaking and listening – v mood dependent ? 3(- )

reading – level 3-4

writing – level 1

Maths

number and algebra - we’ve done this obviously in a different order, as she can do bits in 4, but not all the bits in 3, but i’m going to say 3 anyway

shape, space and measures – prob 2-3

Art and Design [honestly! i can understand tha english and maths are assessable, but art and design??]

prob a 2+

Citizenship ?perlease

actually, there are no attainments here, but i think we have this fairly well covered.

Design and technology

prob a 2 , but i don’t think we have done much of the stuff they are talking about! when the summer comes, we tend to more junk building outside.

geography – a wild a woolly set of attainments

so I’m going to say 3 [-], as i think we do a fair bit of whats on there at different times

history

3 again, primarily because we do lots of reading and talking and visiting places. and i don’t know how they would assess her! the difference between 2 and 3 not so clear!

modern foreign languages

are not statutory, so our sketchy attempts are not bad eh!

ICT

TBH, we haven’t done a lot of this 2

music

i have quite a prob with this one as i understand their wordage, and disagree. many kids don’t get to sing in tune, and doesn’t mean any less for their musicianship. i have a non-singing cousin with a grade 8 piano. so is he only level 2 then?? anyway i guess 2.

PE [cough]

RE – which has v overt christian symbolism!
2

science

2-3

SATS, that wasn’t so bad was it!! but since she scores 1 for writing, how on earth would anyone external have assessed half of this? think it is pretty meaningless! It seems that ‘most children should be at level 2′ so having wasted all that time, its bedtime

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Here be dragons.

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Daddybean | 3 comments

Well, seems almost as likley.

R, Stringbean’s Rainbows friend is round for a playdate. She didn’t want to go and play in the garden becuase she was worried that a volcano would erupt in the garden
SB, ever the pragmatist, response was :” Welll, even if we stay in the house we would still all die”

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Essential Practice.

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Daddybean | Leave a comment

Start as you mean to go on. Developing that essential male skill of sleeping on through when the baby wakes in the night.

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as seen on joanna’s blog. marks out of 10?

Posted on March 25, 2008 by HHaricot | Leave a comment

Dein Ergebnis:: 6 – the Questioner

Thanks for taking the test !

you chose CY – your Enneagram type is SIX (aka “The Loyalist”).

“I am affectionate and skeptical”

Questioners are responsible, trustworthy, and value loyalty to family, friends, groups, and causes. Their personalities range broadly from reserved and timid to outspoken and confrontative.

How to Get Along with Me

Be direct and clear.
Listen to me carefully.
Don’t judge me for my anxiety.
Work things through with me.
Reassure me that everything is OK between us.
Laugh and make jokes with me.
Gently push me toward new experiences.
Try not to overreact to my overreacting.

What I Like About Being a SIX

being committed and faithful to family and friends
being responsible and hardworking
being compassionate toward others
having intellect and wit
being a nonconformist
confronting danger bravely
being direct and assertive

What’s Hard About Being a SIX

the constant push and pull involved in trying to make up my mind
procrastinating because of fear of failure; having little confidence in myself
fearing being abandoned or taken advantage of
exhausting myself by worrying and scanning for danger
wishing I had a rule book at work so I could do everything right
being too critical of myself when I haven’t lived up to my expectations

SIXes as Children Often

are friendly, likable, and dependable, and/or sarcastic, bossy, and stubborn
are anxious and hypervigilant; anticipate danger
form a team of “us against them” with a best friend or parent
look to groups or authorities to protect them and/or question authority and rebel
are neglected or abused, come from unpredictable or alcoholic families, and/or take on the fearfulness of an overly anxious parent

SIXes as Parents