Happy New Year to the rest of the world. Husband has abandoned me for a gig and won't be back until 3am, and the children will be going to be in half an hour or so. I shall enjoy a lonely glass of wine, a Chinese takeaway and the TV remote to myself. I lead a very rock-n-roll lifestyle!
Until 2015...
Wednesday 31 December 2014
Tuesday 23 December 2014
Those things children do!!!
As we were leaving Soft play this morning I had to (as usual) chase Eleanor around for a few minutes to persuade her to put her shoes on. As I was hunting for her she came back with a very cheeky smile on her face. I shall transcribe the conversation, as there is no way to paraphrase it and encapsulate my daughter's personality.
"Where have you been Cheeky Chops?"
"I need to talk to the lady"
"Which lady?"
"Cafe lady"
"What did you need to talk to the cafe lady about?"
"Sweeties. She gave them to me"
And then Eleanor ran off. That girl could charm Eskimos into buying ice
When we got home the phone rang and O ran to answer it.
"Hello Nana" he said. Then he chatted for a few minutes about this and that. Then I heard
"Mummy is on the sofa cuddling Elsa"
Followed by
"But you are supposed to be my Nana, you are my Mummy's mummy".
Turns out he was chatting to the vet...
"Where have you been Cheeky Chops?"
"I need to talk to the lady"
"Which lady?"
"Cafe lady"
"What did you need to talk to the cafe lady about?"
"Sweeties. She gave them to me"
And then Eleanor ran off. That girl could charm Eskimos into buying ice
When we got home the phone rang and O ran to answer it.
"Hello Nana" he said. Then he chatted for a few minutes about this and that. Then I heard
"Mummy is on the sofa cuddling Elsa"
Followed by
"But you are supposed to be my Nana, you are my Mummy's mummy".
Turns out he was chatting to the vet...
Thursday 18 December 2014
Busy busy busy
O has another choir concert tonight. It is all very excited, except the part where I was volunteered to make 8 dozen mince pies. So the mince pies are made, and in the dark recesses of the night I decided that small children aren't generally fond of mince pies so I would make them some cupcakes, with the melty snowman decoration on. In the cold light of day this seems foolish, however I am just waiting for the last 6 to bake and then I have to ice 18 snowman cakes. And I haven't finished O's waistcoat for the concert. So this afternoons job is to handstitch the inside seams and to do the button holes and buttons. Why of why do I leave things until the last minute.
There has been quite the drama here this week. We have an alley way at the back of the house that is gates, but about 30 houses long, and is in the middle of 2 roads. So that is 60 house holds. And one of the has been dumping rubbish in it. And a different someone has put rat poison out for the rodents. Rat poison which somehow ended up outside our back gate and the dog got hold of.
I got it off her within a minute, but it was a little chewed. How much Elsa ate I do not know. Within the hour she was at the vets, who tried to convince me it was a dishwasher tablet. Any way last night (2 days later) the vet rang to tell me she though it might be rat poison after all, and to bring her in for injections and tablets. So we have this morning. Elsa was not at all happy with the injections, and she had to have 3 of them. She has had a walk and feels a bit better I think, but I am scratched to death. She appears to be fine with no ill effects from the poison, but it is better for her to have the injections rather than get get sick. Husbands job of the weekend is to put some woods at the bottom of the gate so that she can't get her head underneath to nibble at whatever she finds.
And I haven't even though properly about Christmas yet!!!
It is a good job that I do understand and agree with a lot of the unschooling, autonomous approach to learning, even if I would generally prefer a more formal structure. Plenty of weighing, measuring, O has read the Velveteen Rabbit to his sister about 10 times this morning, and trip to the vets. I am sure they must have learnt something there!!!!
Happy Christmas xxx
There has been quite the drama here this week. We have an alley way at the back of the house that is gates, but about 30 houses long, and is in the middle of 2 roads. So that is 60 house holds. And one of the has been dumping rubbish in it. And a different someone has put rat poison out for the rodents. Rat poison which somehow ended up outside our back gate and the dog got hold of.
I got it off her within a minute, but it was a little chewed. How much Elsa ate I do not know. Within the hour she was at the vets, who tried to convince me it was a dishwasher tablet. Any way last night (2 days later) the vet rang to tell me she though it might be rat poison after all, and to bring her in for injections and tablets. So we have this morning. Elsa was not at all happy with the injections, and she had to have 3 of them. She has had a walk and feels a bit better I think, but I am scratched to death. She appears to be fine with no ill effects from the poison, but it is better for her to have the injections rather than get get sick. Husbands job of the weekend is to put some woods at the bottom of the gate so that she can't get her head underneath to nibble at whatever she finds.
And I haven't even though properly about Christmas yet!!!
It is a good job that I do understand and agree with a lot of the unschooling, autonomous approach to learning, even if I would generally prefer a more formal structure. Plenty of weighing, measuring, O has read the Velveteen Rabbit to his sister about 10 times this morning, and trip to the vets. I am sure they must have learnt something there!!!!
Happy Christmas xxx
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