Roger Ravenbeard, Scourge of the Oceans
And so another week rushes by. Lots of coughs and sneezes here this week as well as our fair share of sore throats. Oh, and a near-death experience of flu for the man among us, obviously a mere cold isn’t good enough for him 
On Tuesday Abigail had a special trip up to an event at the University; from what I gather it was a Devon County event for schools to do with generally being green and environmental issues. [yes, I am informed - a Travelwise Schools' Event.] She and three other friends from their school Environmental Group got to go - lunch was laid on, so that was a treat. She enjoyed herself so much that she forgot to come home after school and visited the book fair instead, spending someone else’s money in the process!
Needless to say, Come Straight Home Unless We Have Arranged Otherwise has been added to the ever evolving list of after school ‘guidelines’ for the kids, along with Don’t Light Candles Unless An Adult Is There, and Raiding Of The Snack Box Prohibited Until Mummy Gets Home. I have been somewhat surprised at the mischief that can happen in the 10 minutes between when they get home and when I get home!
All of this week Anna has been madly doing last minute rehearsals for her Year 6 Play - Roger Ravenbeard, Scourge of the Oceans. Performances began with dress rehearsals in front of other classes on Wednesday, then they had two real performances on Thursday, and the final one on Friday night. Anna was playing Mrs Ravenbeard, Roger’s mother, and was on stage almost all the time. She did really well and we enjoyed watching the final performance, not to mention the takeaway with Grandma and Grandpa afterwards.
Not much to report on Josiah I don’t think … still working hard on music exam stuff, and he received multiple compliments from his accompanist at our rehearsal on Wednesday, so that was encouraging.
Steve and I not up to much other than work either; he’s been working on Gran Turismo racing and not improving all that much.
I’ve been trying to keep up with housework (constant battle! think I’ve caught up a bit tis week but it won’t last long!), and attempting to fit the odd cache in here and there.
June 27th, 2008 at 21:42
Well done Anna. Looks like she now has a penchant for red lipstick and bust enhancers?! x
June 28th, 2008 at 22:50
I am intrigued as to what happened to necessitate the candle guideline.
June 29th, 2008 at 4:34
Josiah was lighting a candle, which in turn somehow lit a tissue, which then got dropped onto a dining room chair, whose cushion caught fire.
Luckily at that point Abigail managed to chuck a teatowel over the whole thing and put it out, but the dining chair is charred up the back. It could have been a whole lot worse, the kids scared themselves silly, so i think that is one particular guideline they are happy to stick by!
Keep telling myself it could have happened when I was in the house too but typically it was just before I got home. Do social services look at blog comments?