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| Ah, Hotohori: the love object of… just about everyone. Is it his manly beauty? His sense of honor? The tragic drama of his short and unfulfilling life? Or maybe it’s something more subtle–the way he mocks his own flaws by overexaggerating them, or the unselfish responsibility that affects each of his decisions, or how he quietly backs down when he knows that he’s lost. | |||||||||||||
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i have had a storming headache, but trying to ignore! i did get up a bit later though in the hopes that it would have gone – unfortunately not! BB had already done some craft – painting and joining together a wooden train – and SB a maths experiment – how to walk through paper [i cut the piece so it folds out into a v large rectangle you can walk through [i'll pop a piccie on flickr!]
When I got downstairs, BB was happily poisson rouging and starfalling and SB did some ds-ing – 7 wonders of the world. We then did some french together before she did some education city. SB also read a bit about christopher columbus. BB and i read a library book together.
lunch and then we did some baking – cupcakes – sb ds-ed some more and I flickred. Whilst SB was at rainbows BB and i played some games and then watched magic school bus. SB returned and we played a flower fairies game together. she has some paper cut outs, and i found my summer flower fairies book from childhood, which she was really happy to receive.
out in the garden to pick strawberries and generally mess about before dinner. at which point i was grumpy with headache, and retired a bit! SB and i have nearly finished reading theatre shoes, which i have thoroughly enjoyed.
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and i always have to think hard about which has the R. many centuries apart, but i love them both
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SB had dressings clinic, and now just heel to heal, as it were [sigh!] the foot is starting to peel in a big way – i guess with all that sweating in a plaster cast. she is not impressed. SHe is supposed to start to walk on it, or at least stand, but isn’t. chris’s parents came round to look after BB whilst they chris and SB at hospital and shopping. led to BB having a cake for lunch 
mind you, apparently SB had cake for breakfast
from the hospital shop, chris picked up a fantastic book of DK maths experiments. we could almost be the portico!! i thought it looked fab, and they have bought some ‘ingredients’ for some of the experiments, so lets see what fun can be had! [SB and BB both particularly like anything labelled experiment at the mo]
when i got home apparently crafts were on the agenda, so after much wailing and gnashing of teeth by BB, who didn’t like any crafts on offer, we made dreamcatchers. she used hers as a frisbee, and was in the end v happy!! SB also did crafts, and then read some of the rainbow fairy book she bought today. i weeded the potato bed.
we had lots of hugs snuggles and general attack mummy exuberantly play – going for the tactile approach to happiness! then when BB off to bed, SB and I had an hour of games and then I did her bedtime. It all seemed v normal
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today in retrospect is not quite the same. anyway, we had a chilled and lovely day. we did reading stories together and cuddling, and had another science kit to try out. this was the burglar alarm half of the science kit. SB really enjoyed putting it all together and making the circuit – it was quite cool! unfortunately it didn’t work!! she said she still enjoyed doing it though. BB did some air drying clay, and made a head – also rather cool, as she fixed wiggly eyes into it. BB does seem to have a keen artistic streak really. As well as cuddle, swing them etc etc, i also did a fair amount of gardening. would blog, but SB calling for a cuddle.
had a busy week and a v long day yesterday – my excuse! oh, and really need to be sorting holiday snaps.
today was a bit manic making SB’s scarecrow costume with us all sewing on patches and then manically getting out! SB was sitting on the rainbows float – the theme for our rural village’s fete was … farming! Anyway it was a good turnout, a load of stalls for village groups, all with tombola or raffle, and cakes for sale! there were a couple of extortionately priced kiddie rides too. the girls both got a ride on each. I think SB was happy to be on the float this year, though she said it was hot.
BB has not been in frame today, she has been v waily, so we left earlier than we might have done. she fell asleep on the way back. SB and i read the stories in barefoot book buddhist tales, looked at bits about tudors and did some piano practice before bb woke up. we then replenished the bird feeders [tht takes some time!] and the girls played whilst i planted out sweetcorn. SB really is a lovely older sister to have.
i think that about finishes today. execrable band in one of the pubs playing
Monday, other than hospital not much seemed to happen. spent ages on the phone getting a hosp appt. for that day as they had given us one for next week. Then phoned various people to tell them SB wouldn’t be attending her various classes because of her foot. hospital appt ended up not being until afternoon, which was good as it meant Helen could make it as well. I think SB finished off some hama beading she’d started off about 5 times.
My parents came round in the morning as they were going to look after BB when we went into hospital. Chatted, girls played games, read etc. with them.
I took SB into hospital, consultant happy with her progress, should be no need for skin graft on the heel, healing up nicely. Removed the back slab. Heel injury still painful but getting there. she is now able to place her front part of foot on the ground. Can’t think what else we did when we got back home.
Tuesday we went off for a HE group event on Romans at a local museum. Almost didn’t go, I felt like staying home, but SB keen to go so I made the effort. Interestingly, rather than taking longer as might be expected, we got out quicker than normal with SB partly out of action. In 35 minutes they were dressed, washed, hair brushed etc., we’d also gone over the road and bought stuff from the bakers for lunch and got them in the car ready to go. Obviously should not leave SB to get herself sorted. She said it’s because she and BB go and play….
First session was good, it was done by a chap who does talks etc. with kids about Romans.
He was dressed in a Centurions outfit, was mostly about life as a roman soldier, their clothing/armour, their weapons etc.
The local Roman legions’ standard.
How they used the different javelins.
Sb was a hopping Legionnaire 
some others formed a Testudo and we all threw stones at them (well foam balls….)
Demonstrated the various bits of personal kit they would have carried. He was a bit coy about saying what the big T shaped nails were for (crucifixion) – i reckon it’s those gory bits that kids like best – SB wasn’t fazed by it hen I told her – BB would probably want to try it out on someone… (it’s already come up before, and it’s a pretty fundamental bit of Christianity)
Had a pleasant lunch outside in the sun. followed by a session making roman pots using coil or thumb/pinching as the romans might have done. Enjoyed by the kids but would have been better I think if we had a bit more time and could have looked at the sorts of pots the Romans made/used.
We then had a litle look at the musuem, particularly the Roman bits and the fossil bits. tried on a roman helmet and did some rubbings.
Afterwards I considered going to find WH Smiths so SB could spend her voucher, but decided I didn’t want to push her around in the big buggy whilst dragging a tired and grumpy BB with us. So went straight back to car and came home, Where we all flopped for a bit, do to warm car, being generally tired – it’s hard work for us all i think taking SB out in her current state. Did manage to play some chess and Uno with SB and look at some books with BB.
Finished up the day watching a bit more of Sound of Music with SB, finished just before the bit here the fighting starts, which is apparently her favorite bit
good news on mon, and SB has the plaster cast off. this should help wound heal more quickly as not so hot and sweaty, negative is that it is far more easy to bash – so a mixed blessing really!
tues the girls and chris went to a roman event and enjoyed it greatly. sb was apparently a good hopping legionary! and both girls enjoyed clay pot making
today we had a far to early false start ith SB waking at 5. eventually got her to sleep again, and we had a second wake at 9. we all had a snuggle and a read downstairs – dinodoors with BB, history of london with SB. we read a french story, and did some numbers in latin. the girls have got the latest RSPB mgazines and read those. BB wrote on hers too. she is v keen on the idea of forming letters – usually AOUC.
both girls were v keen to do something crafty though, and BB had decided that this should be with some left over glass paint from suncatchers, so we spent a lovely morning decorating jam jars, and were all very happy with our results. the girls shared and got on well [which was a bit of a relief!] and we chatted and enjoyed.
after lunch, SB and BB did quite a bit of playing together, both with the castle stuff, and playing vet, with lots of giggling and laughing. i enjoyed listening and watching, and in boredom clicked often on H2Opia on facebook! – didn’t want to disturb! WOuld have liked to go out and weed, but knew my mvt would signal bickering. when it started slipping, SB and I went off and did some piano practice, and BB watched something. SB’s piano coming on nicely, she has got the notation fixed in her head now, allowing some really good sight reading.
i was surprised by chris’s parents arriving [though he wasn't!] and i was still in pj’s, so a quick change and chatting before SB off to rainbows. she took chris with her, as didn’t want to be left, and BB and i played dinodoors, building houses for them [and they knocked them down] and reading. bB really into rhyming at the moment, in pretty much ever sentence she is trying out rhymes, Both girls are execrably making up jokes! violin practice[short and seated] when SB returned, nd then more castle and vet games until tea and bed.
BTW, there were many good moments on holiday. it was v hard work though. i realised i wasn’t projecting enough joy though when SB sobbed for ages over me not being happy. i am making a concerted effort to be happy. when we came back we watched child of our time, and i was v sad for eve, and the loss of her mother. [we also watched a waking the dead about bosnia/serbia - neither of these programmes being a particularly good choice]
yep, more mind to neutral music. i love these – bach’s cello suites. this one is played by rostropovich, who taught my sister. i have yo yo ma cd at home though, so this is the version i regularly listen to and love – its quite a bit slower. a bit from the second suite too. i’d recommend you flick through that you tube persons others in the series – i think it could be the same cd as mine of all of them! i like the talk around this though, it is the unaccompanied bach that floats my boat!
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