I am rather proud of these 2 photos

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i am getting through the flickr tonight!

Bookworm


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Originally uploaded by Scrumbledelicious.

she loves books, it is her 4th clear word!

Simple Sunday again

Had a lovely day. My lovely sister got up early and cleaned the kitchen – yay! the children all played nicely together, a bit of dashing outside, but rainy. They watched some more blue planet, and went finally mid afternoon.

SB then did the yoga video 2ce [thanks again Katy], and since SB was still asleep, we played games of set until she had woken up. We don’t play competitively yet, just take turns, but she doesn’t ail to spot one now, and is starting to be fussy about ‘what kind’ of set she wants! She had wanted to do some more electric circuits, but i couldn’t find those, and education city, but we have run out of free trial!

instead she made some more dream avatars, while I got BB up. they played bounce over mujmy and the bed and general rough and tumble for a bit [chris dug up some weeds in the rain, and had a shower to warm up!] . SB read me some say the sounds ladybirds books – she was very impressed, as was I, even though the imp and troll story must be one of the most phenomenally tedious I have ever read!.

BB practiced saying book to me, and brought me a fair few to read whilst SB played with the lego – so we did turn and turn about of lap and book or lego. i read SB some dr seuss. So BB gradually getting the hang of speech. [shoes, mummy, daddy and book are the clearest]

Rather hysterical was the pre and post bath olympics that SB and BB had, running the upstairs circuit again and again [naked as a nod to ancient greece!] while I counted, and SB tried to beat her own time. BB just chuckled madly. At bedtime Sb insisted on an encyclopaedia as bedtime story – so we did various pages of ‘C’ . We are so behind with piccies that I shall do some flickring.

Sorry we couldn’t go to Fran’s party – so happy birthday Fran.

my sister is here

with my nephew and niece. they set off at the crack of dawn and caught us on the hop – not much change there SB and M have een playing together, and E joining in or playing on own or beside BB.

We all made chocolate brownies [a quicker recipe than sarah's - though not as gorgeous!] ,
played outside, upstairs and then made pizza together for tea. Watched monsters inc for a late afternoon cool off, and then some blue planet after bath for similar reason!

lovely

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aargh - 3 cooking brownies!

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A bit slow

Things seem to have been a bit slow here last couple of days. After her late night on Wed SB had bit of lie in, which did give me and BB time to have a good play together, which probably doesn’t happen often enough. She is really into trying to copy you and say words for things now, which is entertaining. She likes books as well, esp. those that have touchy/feeling bits, – she really likes the ‘That’s not my..’ series. She will often go and get a book from the shelf and come and climb on you lap.

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Not really sure what happened with SB in the morning, she played with the cindy/Barbie and cuddly toys – apparently she likes to tell them a story everyday. We did what a couple of schols programs. There was one comparing two farms in UK and France which she liked – about sheep farming, shearing and making cheese.

There was some reading of library books again, she will often now read bits of books as we go along. She wants to do some stuff about Space. In particular, Rockets, Astronauts and stars so we looked at books about that sort of thing and talked about why the Saturn V rocket was so big, but the bit that the men travelled in was so small. Must organise some thing on this – any good links?

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In the afternoon we walked the scenic route via footpath and old railway line to the veg shop. Walk was pleasant, BB enjoyed toddling along, played Pooh Sticks, looked at some of the flowers and at a Badger set. BB blagged a pear in the veg shop. She went, in made a beeline for the box of pears took one and started munching it. didn’t notice at first (it’s normally unstaffed as it’s at the garden nursey and the staff there come in to serve you) until it was too late. The woman who served us let her have it free.

Home in a hurry (losing BB welly on the way) out to Ballet. Visit to the playground, home for dinner, watched the Coral Sea episode of Blue Planet. SB got to saty up very late as said she could wait up for Helen who was giving her talk, but she didn’t get home until well passed 11pm. She was quite happy and spent ages playing on Webland.

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Friday

So again SB had little bit of lie in. :-)

BB helped me tidy the kictchen a bit, hang up nappies (waste of tiem it was soon to rain later) etc. SB hama beaded over breakfast – though rather upset when she knocked it and dislodged lots of the beds – BTDTGTTS, put away quite a few of childrens clothes upstairs. Went hrough all her T shirts, shorts etc. to check on stocks before th summer. soem reading with SB, SB did some more Explode the Code, almost at the end of the book now. she has fair whizzed through this one. She does the same thing as me and gets ‘b’ and ‘d’ mixed up wehn she writes them. At least she won’t get sent back down to sit in the younger class like I did at primary school – presumably the teacher thought I was doing it deliberately.

After lunch we hit the supermarket – forgetting I was not going to go to the Tesco at the moment as it’s pain while they rebuild the store. hoem to meet Mumy back from work SB did some maths , red Nose readers with Helen.

Both went to bed bit late, for reasons that I’m not sure about.

Cousdin M coming to visit this weekend so time to egt the hoover out.

SB did this fairy, and the others

its her as a real fairy

little beans?


closer

work me vs home me

vs

please don’t let a psychologist get hold of it though!

first seen on Jax’s blog

create your own here

Dropping hints

Butterbean has just gone and got here shoes for me to put on her. Then she went and got mine for me, now she has gone and got Stringbean’s and taken them to her.

I think she’s dropping a hint… :-;

The New House visit

well, I needed a lightening of my mood, and when I saw Merry’s kind invitation on a previous posting, I jumped at the chance. BB can now say shoes btw.
it is a lovely house, all there things fit – and with some room [though for how much longer, knowing the home-educators skill at filling all available space?] i had the grand tour and loved it.

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The girls all played together – Josie and BB get on well, and Josie was impressive in calling BB by name. lots of role playing, girliness and barbies by the others. SB was introduced to the joys of a playstation with a Shrek game with Amelie. Chris and I kept having to play for a bit [neither of us have played before] as Amelie always uses her big sisters to help her out – and they wre swimming!]SWhe picked it up quickly, though we all got frustrated with the gingerbreadman, as he wasn’t very good throwing his cane!

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Merry cooked 3 times – a muffinicity award there! And all meals eaten in entirety – BB in particular was ravenous.

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SB enjoyed the wooden pattern tiles Merry has got, eventually moving to the table, as josie and BB were keen to rearrange them.

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merry and I gossiped. realsised neither of us has booked for Kessingland still, and it is really soon. Also need to sort out the craft thing that i have thought no more about. Max, bless him, brought wine back from tescos, so we stayed a bit longer [well, it would have been rude not to!] Girls fell asleep in car.

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