Today has been, as the title suggests, a long day.
The school was closed but it was a work day for me. I had 5 children for 10.5 hours. I am tired.
That said, I wish they would be as good in the 3 hours that I have them after school on a normal workday, as they were today.
I won’t post pictures of all 5 of them, but here are my two. A cheeky monkey and a hard-core crafter.
It seems that my children, like me, quite enjoy a cold, dark winters afternoon.
I didn’t need to ask them twice if they fancied curling up on the sofa with a blanket and a good book. What’s more, they stayed there for 45 minutes without making any noise or kicking each other under the blankets.
I was most impressed (and thankful).
As lovely as the weather has been, I think this is probably the last grass cutting of the year for us.
(Today was a Rainbows/PTA/no time to call my own day, so that is a yesterday photo I’m afraid.)
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I wonder when our weather will become seasonally appropriate.
We went to the park with the kids bikes again today (it’s becoming a bit of a Sunday habit in this house), although we did have to wear cardies over our t-shirts this week. But still, just cardigans and t-shirts on the last Sunday of November – that doesn’t seem right somehow.
Posted in The Boy, The Girl, The Husband
I got rid of something big today. Something that has been in our home for five and a half years. Something that has been an integral part of having small children.
I am happy to be rid of it. It was taking up space and we really haven’t needed it for some time now. Getting rid of it signifies the growing up that we’re doing in this home.
Equally though, I am sad to be rid of it. It marks an end. There’s no need for it because there won’t be any more small children in this house (unless we sell the house, or stay for long enough for my two to have children and that is a bit too mind-boggling thankyouverymuch).
My children, as usual, completely missed the gravity of the situation.
That’s probably not a bad thing.
They do like a good puzzle.
The husb directs, the girl does most of the ground work and the boy does a great job of misdirection by moving pieces around when the other two aren’t looking.
Posted in The Boy, The Girl, The Husband
Just when I thought we were safe and he wasn’t going to turn into a smurf, further evidence of his possible change was spotted. This time on the side of his head.
He says it’s pen, but I’m not convinced.
Posted in The Boy
and gave me a
sandwich.
It’s a line from one of my favourite songs, Men at Work, Land Down Under (apologies for the appalling quality of the video, couldn’t find a better one).
The only reason I am sharing this with you today, is that I have nothing noteworthy to share that I’ve taken a decent, or even in focus, photograph of. I am struggling with this 365, but having got this far (apart from that one day), I am not giving up without a fight.
Expect more pictures of song related condiments (there’s nothing like setting yourself a challenge, eh? Ideas in the comment section would be most appreciated).
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I wasn’t expecting to post this today but my two littlies demanded to do some sticking this afternoon. Demanded with menaces, I might add.
I dutifully wheeled out the 2 mosaic packs I had leftover from Rainbows and unleashed one thoughtful, quiet girl and one whirlwind, manic boy on them.
It was a great success. They both knuckled down and produced lovely pictures. The boy has a much stronger grasp on his numbers from 1 to 9 now and the girl was just happy to be playing with fiddly little stickers again.
I bought some mosaic art kits for the Rainbows thinking it would keep them amused for maybe half a session. They were relatively cheap and if most of the girls enjoyed them then it would be a good job, well done.
The kits consist of a picture board with numbers all over it and some tiny self adhesive coloured tiles. The numbers on the picture board relate to a colour of sticker – painting by numbers but less messy with 5 to 7 year olds.
I know that little girls like pictures and they like stickers and they like tiny fiddly things and they like making stuff.
I wasn’t, however, expecting a good 45 minutes of almost silent concentration from 14 Rainbows (2 were off sick which means that I have 2 spare kits for a certain small girl and boy). I think it was probably the most successful session that I’ve run.
I will be buying more of these – probably in time for the girl’s birthday party in December.
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