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ARGH. Todays good points… Ammi eating a huge portion of lasagne… not trashing the car on my first day… erm…. putting away the washing… watching Fran learn to do fractions and greater than/less than signs without any help from me. Bad points… my middle daughter… the rest of the house… and other things too infuriating […]
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Fume strop stomp. Maddy has morphed into a basket case overnight. Its a good job Zoe was here today or Maddy would currently be in the freezer with the start of my freezer winter cooking (along with the rest of the mince.) So far today she has ruined paintwork, wet herself, refused all foods, changed […]
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*Big Cheesy Grin* Look what we have :~) (She says, nicking a picture naughtily off its ebay listing :~)) Its very nice indeed. We picked it up and decided to tootle around town in in for a bit, so picked up dinner and headed off to the local “place to walk people” so we could […]
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Minute maths moment. First thing this morning Fran asked for some sums so i felt obliged to oblige! So i gave her a load of money ones to do, using pictures of coins and she happily added those for a while, one set being groups of 5ps and 10ps, which she spotted corresponded to the […]
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Frances Van Gogh. This was our Sunflower workshop. I’ve put both our efforts here, partly to show off my flower as well ;~) but also to remind myself how much fun i have when *I* sit down and do these things with my children. We had a ball and we both did better for each […]
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Hmmm.. stick with Disney i think. 2am last night: Fran awakes… shrieking. Enter Mummy stage left.Fran: Its the monster… its the monster.. the one in the rubbish tip…2.30 am: Mummy leaves sleeping child having carefully explained the possibilities of filming a large puppet monster in a small room pretending to be dragging people under water […]
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Van Gogh Ideas and Links Van Gogh Gallery Van Gogh and Gauguin (very beautiful site) KinderArt – Starry Night KinderArt – Vincent’s Flowers KinderArt – Sunflowers Read Camille and the Sunflowers Try Art Ideas Trees with Oil Pastels project Have a look at the portraits of Camilles real family. Try some self portraits of us. […]
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Enjoying being “on holiday” Max had to go into work first thing to nurse an engine back to health. Don’t ask me, i know nothing… So we all started very slowly; the girls did a “Dora party” which seemed to involve dancing to the Mulan music (don’t ask me, i know nothing) while i ironed […]
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Family Poll. We’ve taken a straw poll among the family on what type of baby its going to be.. Max: Blonde Girl 8lb 1/2ozMerry: Dark Boy 8lb 6ozFrances: Blonde Girl bigger than she was (+7lb 5oz)Maddy: Blonde Boy smaller than she was (-7lb 13oz)Amelie: Dark Girl bigger than she was (+7lb 11oz) I think we […]
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Making the most of what is left of tranquility! I definitely don’t remember previous babies giving me a bruised tummy button… Anyway, after this mornings decent start, Max and i decided we needed to give all the girls some quality time. There seems to be a certain amount of nervy anxiety going on at the […]
