And because I haven’t organised anything for a while, I’ve spent a bit of time organising all my photos on flickr. That is as far back as we go in terms of digital images! Some of them are pretty rubbish really, due to being scans, naff cameras, or generally crummy photos, but what the heck, I’ve enjoyed doing it. The computer where all these were stored is headed for a strip down and revamp, so it was something of a backup exercise as well.
In other news:
Last week Steve grew his goatee back. It started off as a full beard experiment, and resulted in just the goatee. I’m rather pleased 
Work has picked up a bit so it looks like it could be a reasonable month after all – I was in the office yesterday and could not have blogged if I’d tried, we were so busy. In fact I cocked up big-time on some finance documents because we were so rushed, Steve is having to pick up the pieces after me today …
Someone told me today that they thought I’d lost weight. I haven’t, it’s an optical illusion
I have missed blogging and having time to keep up with other blogs – sorry folks 
Just don’t seem to find as much time with all this job-sharing business going on.
And in education:
Reading – Josiah particularly has been reading a lot. Mainly because it’s an easy way to accrue stars on his star chart! I really need some more books that are suitable for him …
Maths/Science – Anna has been leading the way with rather a lot of baking going on here. Cookies. Which can then be iced using copious amounts of icing sugar. Just ask Steve what the kitchen looked like after he’d wisely (or perhaps not so?) left them to do the baking and icing completely unaided! Also lots of mental maths – Steve is relatively good at firing mental maths stuff at the kids randomly, and they quite like it. Today I’ve promised to do some logic puzzles with Abbie, must get round to that!
Art & Craft – Lots of drawing, cutting, sticking etc has been happening, spontaneously, which is good. Anna & Joe’s last two contributions got put out on the patio to dry and are still there (and still wet) two days later, just like my washing on the line
PE – lots of playing outside, trips to the park, and swimming – not to mention all the laser camp activities, which obviously count despite the fact that they were laid on by someone else!
History/Geography – hmm, we are particularly rubbish at this! Watched “The Last Samurai” on film night, do you think that could count for cultural education?
Music – have done a fair bit of piano with Anna – she’s doing really well at the playing part, need some consolidation on the theory otherwise she will end up just like her father! Must sort some proper lessons for her. Abbie’s been playing her recorder a fair bit too – Becca, if you’re reading this, we must fix up a time to meet soon, for that and just generally!
General life stuff – it was a short shopping list this week so Steve gave it to Anna, dropped her off at the door of Sainsbury’s, then went off to the bottle bank while she shopped. He managed to meet up with her just as she was packing bags, which was perfect timing. She was hugely proud of herself for having done the week’s shopping all by herself.
Lots of gamecube – Animal Crossing in particular, plus a fair amount of Donkey Konga. Yes, I do think it’s educational Any visitors to our house over the summer (you know who you are!) please bring your Animal Crossing memory cards!!!
Social stuff and play – Mollie has been around, as it is the holidays, and so has another friend of Anna’s … so plenty of socialisation going on, and the usual imaginary play/dressing up. Joe and Abbie have been playing with the castle again today, it hasn’t been out for a while so that’s been nice.
And there’s also been a lot of mooching around doing not very much. Well, if you can’t do that when you’re a kid, when can you?
