*Laminate mixing charts.
*Print off colour colouring charts.
*Make playdough.
Buy food colouring, milk, washing up liquid.
*DON’T forget crayons….
*Pack crafty stuff for collages.
*Plastic laces.
*Montessori colour things.
*Hama beads in 6 shades and circle boards - ironing paper, DON’T forget iron.
Lined paper - i like this because…..
(PENCILS!)
*Paper circles for hopping.
*Paint.
*Dominoes.
Also
Snacks/drinks.
Baby toys, fleece.
Book for names.
Okay…
2 times Montessori colour boxes.
Playdough in 3 [...]

“Um…. well, sums is maths… maths is short for mathematical, so it means sums, like Fran is short for Frances…”
“Oh, so its sums with a ‘mathical’ added on the end?”
I love my Fran
Well, today was okay. Started off with shocked daughters on waking and discovering that Max and i had removed half [...]

Girls were great about me being poorly today and largely entertained themselves. I was about but not really functioning early on although lots of scratchy toast and hot chocolate helped a lot - mid morning the throat started to subside a bit - i’m actually wondering if my ear drum has burst though as its [...]

Questions by Alison.

1. If I said “I bet Fran would be reading today whatever you did last summer”, would you hit me?
No, i wouldn’t hit you but i wouldn’t believe you. I think that she was capable of learning this time last year, and would have been just as capable this year but i’ve seen [...]

Don’t forget we are puddling on friday…..
Anyone want to come round to mine tomorrow? Or meet anywhere else? K and A have my phone number….

ARGGGGGGGGGH.
Fran has more snot than i’ve ever seen, Josie is doing lime green poo and i have one tonsil roughly the size of Wembley which is making my ear feel like it might explode outwards at any second. Ammi is coughing, in fact, only Maddy is really “well”. I’m just going mental over the whole [...]

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Not much else to report really, girls went out to Burghley house and jumped on their Uncle all day, i have a sore throat again of the enormous lump on one side variety and feel slightly depressed.
On the other hand i have improved BM, nursed my bubba, had a lovely weekend and got a daughter [...]