Perfect party for Maddy and SB today. So lovely to see so many friends and they all seemed to have a lot of very high energy, high sugar fun 😆 Maddy was thrilled and is delighted with all her presents; she has packed her new bag with dollies, pens, books and hairstuff and fallen asleep […]

This morning was a blur… Fran was practising skipping, Maddy and i read several more books together, Amelie was playing Cbeebies. We were supposed to get to Tesco but didn’t quite manage it. The afternoon was good, we went to Activity World and there were several new faces there, which was excellent. Maddy was overjoyed […]

Fran is desperate for some “more grown up films” to watch, all of a sudden. I’m at a bit of a loss since there is nothing i remember from childhood really and althoguh i like films of classic books, i’d kind of like her to read the books first. And i can’t stand Rugrats or […]

Something to love about everyone. Max went up and put away the washing. I posted a letter to a government agency before they started threatening me. Fran said “What i love about Josie is how she comes and tells you what has happened and even though she doesn’t tell you in words, you know what […]

Poor Amelie. First i feed her a breakfast cereal covered in milk powder, then i make her eat her lunch before i’ll take her out to buy a long promised present for being so good about not having milky stuff. Now, i was justified in doing so i think, she’s fine about not eating things […]

BBC NEWS | Education | Reading and naughtiness ‘linked’ So let me get this straight; if at the age of under 5, you are not emotionally mature enough to have good pre-reading skills, then going into a classroom environment is not good for you? Oh, and while we are at it, if you aren’t emotionally […]

i woke up at 3am this morning and coughed till 6.30. Then i fell asleep, bolt upright, till 7.15 when max came in to wake me up for my busy day 🙁 I do not like this cold 🙁 I can’t really take anything for the cough, because it is wavering between “dry and annoying” […]

BBC NEWS | Education | Teacher power beyond school gates i can’t see there being any requirement for parents AT ALL soon. I know my school did consider that if we were in uniform we were ambassadors, but even there, where parents were paying for the privilege of us being made to have our socks […]

The Warring States Period of Ancient China

Well, technically we didn’t get as far as the Shang Dynasty, but the title was too good an opportunity to miss. 😉 I’ve got to stretch these Little Shop of Horrors titles out until the 20th Feb anyway, because i’ve got a dentist appointment then and that is also too good an opportunity to miss! […]