We made it to the weekend …
An achievement, in a week that felt as though we might not all arrive at Saturday in one piece! Anyway. Not a lot to report round here this week, home ed or otherwise.
Josiah has been hard work to live with! He’s done the usual music practice, some maths work from workbooks, started a science kit, played on Carmen Sandiego Maths Detective, and that’s about it. We went to HE Group on Wednesday and he raced around the park with some other boys, I think he and I both appreciated that a lot. And he’s had piano, violin, and swimming lessons as usual. In fact his teacher commented that he’s doing really well in swimming at the moment so that’s positive (clutching at positive straws here!). But generally it seems to be a huge struggle to have him at home on his own, especially compared to what a day is like with the girls around as well. Not quite sure if there are any easy answers to this particular dilemma, might just have to ride out the storm, as it were.
Abbie and Anna have both had a good week at school; Anna’s going to be a school librarian so she’s happy about that. Abbie’s doing swimming lessons in school as well this term, so she’s enjoying that. They’ve both been working hard at music stuff as usual too.
Personally it’s been a rough week, for some reason that I can’t quite put my finger on and probably wouldn’t want to blog even if I could! But, just for the record, I don’t think it was anything to do with either Steve shaving his beard off (although he thinks it was, so he’s grown it back already!), or deleting the Animal Crossing town that I’ve spent goodness knows how many hours on over the past year
Anyway, the end of the week has been much better
The children and I have made Hama European Flag badges for all the countries in the Eurovision Song Contest; we’re having friends round so we’re going to concoct some sort of badge-earning game to play throughout the evening as we score the songs, just for a laugh. Probably the sort of game that really should have alcohol involved as well!
This morning we’ve all mucked in and done lots of housework, then rewarded ourselves with chocolate
I just have a small pile of sorting out to do, and the hamster to clean out, and we’ll be finished (well, until Monday at least). Happiness is, after all, a clean house, a Grand Prix weekend, your sisters being at home, a birthday party to go to, and pocket money
May 12th, 2007 at 13:35
I think we’d struggle with just one at home – it is a whole different thing, isn’t it?
May 12th, 2007 at 18:02
one at home is a different thing, they have no one else to needle at excpt you when the mood takes them! On the flip side you don’t get all the bivkering either!
May 12th, 2007 at 18:11
Well he does try and bicker with me instead! I sort of assume it’s even different to having an only child, because the trouble is that Joe is used to having the girls around, to play with, talk with, and take the focus off the ‘he and I’ relationship, so when they’re not there, it really does leave a big gap for both of us.
May 12th, 2007 at 18:20
Yeah mine are harder work when there’s just one, they really miss each other.
Eurovision night sounds good, we had some friends we used to always see for the live final of Stars in Their Eyes before children and that involved score sheets and plenty of alcohol.
Glad you all made it to the end of the week!
May 12th, 2007 at 19:35
Sorry you’ve had a tough week. I found it easier when both mine were out I must admit.
The eurovision thing sounds fun.
May 13th, 2007 at 9:08
We had fun with Eurovision too – lots of laughing
Hope this week is beter for you…
May 13th, 2007 at 9:08
better!