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email down

but we are getting yahoo groups, and we can obviously read blog comments. been doen prob since fri eve.

oh dear! thanks sarah

from nic

Your Political Profile:
Overall: 20% Conservative, 80% Liberal
Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
I was shocked to find that i was half conservative on defence and crime – i think it was that plea bargaining thingie- well, we don’t do it over here! [do we????]

daft stuff!!

You Passed 8th Grade Geography
Congratulations, you got 8/10 correct!

new tooth

I hav a new tooth. its just come in.

i am working – honest!

I am writing a presentation for next week, which i am really worried about. I have had a hugely busy week, and collapsed into bed at the same time as the girls, except wed – apprentice night! I didn’t even have family wednesday, as on a? course in London. It was an extremely good course, even if it did cost me 525 – sigh, but was very tiring on eyes and posture as essentially practically based and lots of looking at screens . I thought of both Sarah and ChrisP at one point as I was playing on a computer simulation of what I want to do, using these rather remarkably well shaped manipulators attatched to the computer box. you could learn to do it for real to – the machine is only 25000 euros! major work issues as yet still unresolved though, and gloom deepening.
When I have been at home, I have been doing high level interaction with my girls – well as much as I can for an extremely knackered, still insomniacal mummy! [or maniacal perhaps?]

I have read loads to SB – she has really got into the DK illustrated family encyclopaedia, and just works her way from cover to cover. We did do R for reproduction as well. [sort of!] but actually it shew me how much she does remember from when we have seen the subjects before. And that she really is knowledge inquisitive. She has also gradually got the hang of giving me a potted history run down of the day she has had – demonstrating the swimming moves, and the ballet moves. though are they really called sautees? [as I just see potatoes!!]

BB extremely good at shrieking mummeeeee. is doing acrobatic breastfeeding – an advance that I am not actually overly joyous about. She sings a lot of the time, often doing the actions. sometimes the tunes are recognisable, and sometimes the actions give them away. She also loves book reading.

Both girls have enjoyed the good weather though. I came home from work today to find evidence of outdoor home-ed. The swings are a hit, and BB is great at climbing as well as trampolining and rocking horse. She aslo loves the little cosy coupe car.

Both girls are making a fuss about me working. BB grips me as if to never let me go, and shrieks when I move – though Chris says she settles quickly when I’m gone. SB just tells me its Daddy’s turn to work. She does realise one of us has to work though. if only I could afford to drop to 3 days…

i have decided though that i have been getting too stressed about life and work. SO i am going to try and carpe diem for a bit, and see if the stabilises me again. I just wish I didn’t have arm lng to do lists at home and work.

Insomniacs R us

I am just not sleeping at the moment, my brain just can’t stop whirring – either redoing the budget over and over again incase some miracle happens and we balance, or imagining how I can walk away from my job without total disaster befalling.

I does mean that so far I have read 4 of the 6 books Jax lent me last weekend!

Unfortunately, just as I thought i was ready to slip away into sleep – approx 5am – BB woke up. at 7 I passed her on to Chris so I could have a nap, and then slept the morning – so also angry with myself for missing out on precious family time.

Whilst I snoozed, SB had more fun with the circuits, and made a radio – which she was very proud to show me. The instructions and set really are very easy to use. We have mainly played all sorts of things all day. Lego, imagination, running about etc etc. She has also done a lot of cbeebies, and BB done a lot of jumping on me.

going to hope for better sleep luck tonight

quick blog

as so much else to do.

Umm, SB listened to little toe a lot today. We did quite a bit of reading together – loads of the usborne children’s encyclopaedia, a picturepaedia about dinosaurs and a scholastic book about constellations as well as lots of reading books and fairy tales. She didn’t do any explode the code today, having excelled an done 7 pages yesterday. She did do some singapore maths 1A, and is getting the hang of adding and crossing over a ten [and similarly subtracting] – though the occasional 7-1 is 5 and stuck to rigidly is a bit head-banging!

The key thing she wanted to do was some electricity experiments. Before xmas, [aka before budget!] I did a brghtminds order including one of those brainbox jkits, which we decided to keep until next xmas. We changed our minds and did it today. She very quickly got good at circuits, loved the flying disc fan, and understood in a basic way about electricity and current, the way it flowed around the circuit – enough to realise that the light emiting diode didn’t work as it was put in the wrong way round [it has an arrow] So lots of fun there.

Whilst finishing the maths in the garden, BB and I had a romp and play. ruined by the most eniormous hideous poo ever – as she was nappy free it fell on the grass, but i did then have to carry her, emergency wipe down and then emergency sink bath! At least it wasn’t indoors, as she had been nappy free all day. Other than that, BB and I also read books, we did a lot of run and chase. She’s getting good at drawing too – well, in a reliable pen to paper kind of way rather than a monet! We were trying copying shapes, and she had a stab at a circle before wild scribbling took over. She was desperate to do electric circuits too. She has done lots of climbing up and over everyhting she can. Lots of fun with balloons as well.

All in all, lots of fun today – though BB has been quite grizzley on and off, and the yukky orange poo persuaded me that perhaps she had some virus or other, so she got some nurofen. SB doesn’t like to be left out, so the odd wail there too, but quickly sorted. She has done some lovely playing with BB, even when pinched and hit – and BB gave her a lovely slimy mouth open kiss in return!

will add photos

Sunny Day

SO we have been out in the garden pretty much all of it. However, before we went out, SB did some jigsaws and watched Cbeebies, followed by 4 pages of explode the code. She still isn’t sure of the st sounds. I read loads of books to BB. We also played vets and cats – at least I got to be the vet!
BB initiated the great going out, by insisting that we put on her snowsuit – rofl! I did let her wear it for a bit, but gradually both children stripped down to their birthday suit, and suntan lotion was applied for the first time this year. BB immediately had a blotchy face reaction. It is sainsbury’s hypoallergenic – must remember not to buy that again! Much climbing up th climbing frame an swinging on the swings ensued! After the great strip off, there was a sandcastle building? and general sprinkling sand everywhere game.
Elinor decided to chant in a very loud voice the Kings and Queens of England – she remebered a few! I was most impressed about how much she spilled out about Elizabeth 1 and Henry 8, and worked out if there was a Henry 8, there needed to be 1-7 as well! Also a spontaneous lesson in gravity, as SB said the gravity to was too great on the chair to climb the tree as she couldn’t lift her legs! So we did some gravity experiments and discussed gravity on the moon.

We did some SIngapore 1B sitting out in the sun. SB raced through as it was on less and more, and this was covered by the exeter maths ages ago.

BB is being a bit screechy every time I walk away. I think I am allowed an invisible rope of 2m. She of course can do what she likes! I had lots of cuddles and climbing games. And it is nice to devote loads of attention to her, as I sometimes worry I devote most to SB. BB is such a cute thing though.

Sb and I read a magic bus book, and now off to bed. Will do phoitos when I come down!

I am midnight – apparently. I certainly stay up late!

You Are Midnight
You are more than a little eccentric, and you’re apt to keep very unusual habits. Whether you’re a nightowl, living in a commune, or taking a vow of silence – you like to experiment with your lifestyle. Expressing your individuality is important to you, and you often lie awake in bed thinking about the world and your place in it. You enjoy staying home, but that doesn’t mean you’re a hermit. You also appreciate quality time with family and close friends.