just another morning here

I am SO rubbish at thinking of titles!

Another reasonably nice if somewhat boring day … Ruth popped in first thing (luckily we had just about got dressed by the time she was on her way back from the school run!). The kids all did some workbooky things after she’d gone (maths & english), as well as working on some project things that Aunty Jacky had asked them to do – looking at the Greek alphabet, some colouring, and storywriting using Greek Gods as the main characters – only they didn’t have to write it down, the aim being to demonstrate oral tradition! Just as well, because Anna’s turned into rather an epic! Abbie raced through to the end of the maths book she’s been working on and finished it off, well, Anna finished hers yesterday and she’s never one to be outdone So now we have two laminated trophies up on the noticeboards. They’re planning to finish their english books by the end of November too, then we’re declaring December art & craft month, definitely abandoning the ‘normals’ for a month, anyway! Although I might try and keep up with the handwriting, because they are definitely benefiting from doing some writing each day – then again I guess a Christmas card a day will sort that one out!

The children watched some Cbeebies later in the day, and a toy order arrived. Just about within the three weeks they promise, but out of 12 orders included only about half were complete. Which would be okay if I didn’t have to travel to deliver them, so by the time I’ve travelled twice or three times with the back orders, my profit will have been consumed by my fuel bill. I know I haven’t exactly bent over backwards to make loads of money through this little enterprise but I sort of hoped it would have been a little bit easier than it has been! Oh well – better stick to helping Steve sell cars, I guess.

Went out to Crealy again this afternoon, it’s been another beautifully sunny mild day here, so we made the most of it and went for a walk down by the lake – all the little bridges were closed, which was sad – I guess in the winter they become a bit of a health and safety hazard if they’re slippery. Anyway, we fed the ducks and geese, Josiah got his hand nipped by an overenthusiastic duck (!!), then we went up to one of the indoor play areas when it began to get a bit cold and dark, and I read some more while they played, which was lovely.

Interestingly, Josiah has developed an uncanny knack of making friends when we’re at Crealy – he was tearing around with a couple of other 3ish year old boys who were there together, and had obviously managed to become part of their game – very interesting to watch, it’s only recently that I’ve noticed him doing it.

Once home we had tea, chatted to friends who popped in, now everyone is in bed with books or CDs, it’s very peaceful. Steve and I are going out this evening to our small group and then for a drink afterwards. Anyway, must dash, babysitter should be here soon …

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