education
School
11/03/08 13:54
Want the girls to try it in September. They aren't happy but I think it will do them good. I think it would do me and our family good.
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Well it's half way gone
12/02/08 22:08
I have been thinking about posting since the start of Feb- I'm crap I know.
Life has this bad habit of running away with me, I rush here there and never end up where I want to. I could promise to try harder and I will but come 11pm, I have a marriage and blogging isn't at the forefront of my mind. Time before then is sparse. So I'll try really I will.
Today has not been the best. Boo is so highly strung about the festival that starts on Saturday she's making us all walk on eggshells. I'm almost as bad over the sodding tutu and worrying for her that she won't get placed. I think I need to work on my stage school mom persona. The whole thing is costing me a fortune and now we are searching for drama classes and flippin' agents! How did I end up so middle class?
The other two are fending for themselves in the wilderness of life. The are having their own lessons but their passions are contained and satisfied with an hour of tuition here and a set of reeds there.
Amidst all this drama (pardon the pun) I have made a promise to up the education side of life. I have planned the year month by month with targets to be met each month. Mostly low key but having it pinned to the notice board (including trips) is keeping us all on on our individual tracks. I'm happy as I feel they are doing something (I'm old school and need paper proof), Boo is happy as she has a timetable, the others are happy as they are rubbish as self guidance! This month is China (well a tiny tiny bit of it).
On Sunday we went to London to the Chinese New year Celebrations. I'm soooooooo naive , there was I thinking a few hundred people would turn up when actually a few million people did! We saw so little! Lots of fat arses and stupid stupid women moaning about the lack of organising for people with pushchairs. F***wits. I so hate new middle class mums.
Anyhows, Boo cried most of the day. I wanted to run away and join a convent (one of those where they don't speak or see anyone or whatever). It's got better around 4pm. Food and toy shops helped, though not buying anything did NOT help. We headed home around 8pm and they fell asleep, thank goodness. I've promised Boo not to drink any alcohol until she says so so, so I went to bed and didn't sleep as Buzz came to join us and Tony snored all night.
So that was so much fun!
The highlight of life just now is that Boo has a friend. A real friend, made all by herself, nothing to do with me, or Pea or anything. A friend for her, she lives around the corner and she is wonderful. Her family is wonderful and I am so happy about it all I could sing for the rooftops. This is the first time this has happened. It's special.
Buzz now needs the same. It started and someone stepped on his toes.
HE feels like it is going through one of those changes it does every now and then, just like life. The older ones are thriving on work at home and freedom outside, they love going to Shinies again and have some really cool friendships going on. I love what is happening there just now and is really covering my worrying about the freedom school would offer. They talk to me. Pea talks to me (she has her first crush!!!!! shh) and is happy. I hope it continues as it is- I want them to talk to me and I want them to have their own time.They already don't get the parents who are with their child all the time. By guiding (very limited as it's important it's from them!) them at this age I can feel them taking control. Okay I know it may change but we're in the moment, the only place to be, with a raised eyebrow to the future (because I'm human, a mum and a natural worrier).
So far this year I haven't desired to be pregnant or to want a baby. This is a huge step. My cousin whom I saw at the funeral is fostering a wonderful little girl (they have two boys of their own). This has moved my feeling on to where I think they should be. Happy with what I have got and the need to help others. Who knows when or if this will happen but I'm happy to be where I am with it all.
I would really like to do daily (or most likely weekly) updates so that's where I leave and hope to continue.
So this is now out of date, our server wouldn't recognise itself (or summat). Reading it back I sound sad. I'm not I'm just mindful and placing areas of my life.
Life has this bad habit of running away with me, I rush here there and never end up where I want to. I could promise to try harder and I will but come 11pm, I have a marriage and blogging isn't at the forefront of my mind. Time before then is sparse. So I'll try really I will.
Today has not been the best. Boo is so highly strung about the festival that starts on Saturday she's making us all walk on eggshells. I'm almost as bad over the sodding tutu and worrying for her that she won't get placed. I think I need to work on my stage school mom persona. The whole thing is costing me a fortune and now we are searching for drama classes and flippin' agents! How did I end up so middle class?
The other two are fending for themselves in the wilderness of life. The are having their own lessons but their passions are contained and satisfied with an hour of tuition here and a set of reeds there.
Amidst all this drama (pardon the pun) I have made a promise to up the education side of life. I have planned the year month by month with targets to be met each month. Mostly low key but having it pinned to the notice board (including trips) is keeping us all on on our individual tracks. I'm happy as I feel they are doing something (I'm old school and need paper proof), Boo is happy as she has a timetable, the others are happy as they are rubbish as self guidance! This month is China (well a tiny tiny bit of it).
On Sunday we went to London to the Chinese New year Celebrations. I'm soooooooo naive , there was I thinking a few hundred people would turn up when actually a few million people did! We saw so little! Lots of fat arses and stupid stupid women moaning about the lack of organising for people with pushchairs. F***wits. I so hate new middle class mums.
Anyhows, Boo cried most of the day. I wanted to run away and join a convent (one of those where they don't speak or see anyone or whatever). It's got better around 4pm. Food and toy shops helped, though not buying anything did NOT help. We headed home around 8pm and they fell asleep, thank goodness. I've promised Boo not to drink any alcohol until she says so so, so I went to bed and didn't sleep as Buzz came to join us and Tony snored all night.
So that was so much fun!
The highlight of life just now is that Boo has a friend. A real friend, made all by herself, nothing to do with me, or Pea or anything. A friend for her, she lives around the corner and she is wonderful. Her family is wonderful and I am so happy about it all I could sing for the rooftops. This is the first time this has happened. It's special.
Buzz now needs the same. It started and someone stepped on his toes.
HE feels like it is going through one of those changes it does every now and then, just like life. The older ones are thriving on work at home and freedom outside, they love going to Shinies again and have some really cool friendships going on. I love what is happening there just now and is really covering my worrying about the freedom school would offer. They talk to me. Pea talks to me (she has her first crush!!!!! shh) and is happy. I hope it continues as it is- I want them to talk to me and I want them to have their own time.They already don't get the parents who are with their child all the time. By guiding (very limited as it's important it's from them!) them at this age I can feel them taking control. Okay I know it may change but we're in the moment, the only place to be, with a raised eyebrow to the future (because I'm human, a mum and a natural worrier).
So far this year I haven't desired to be pregnant or to want a baby. This is a huge step. My cousin whom I saw at the funeral is fostering a wonderful little girl (they have two boys of their own). This has moved my feeling on to where I think they should be. Happy with what I have got and the need to help others. Who knows when or if this will happen but I'm happy to be where I am with it all.
I would really like to do daily (or most likely weekly) updates so that's where I leave and hope to continue.
So this is now out of date, our server wouldn't recognise itself (or summat). Reading it back I sound sad. I'm not I'm just mindful and placing areas of my life.
Filling You In
02/10/07 08:53
I'm enjoying our days atm but not inclined to blog them LOL! Typical after I harped on and on about getting a new blog 
We are doing small pockets of formal work throughout the week, I'm trying to up the game of the big two without making a huge deal about it. All seems to be going rather well though and they are all loving the French we have been doing. Buzz is doing great at his reading. I'm strict about when I say they are 'readers'
I'd say he was about 70% there with Horrid Henry books. Boo still hates maths though i don't know why as she's perfectly capable. I think it's some sort of mental block.
They are really loving their new piano lessons. Uncle Rod (maths and sax already) is doing a fine job and they no longer spend weeks on a piece. One per week and then the structure of music around that. Boo has started violin and her teacher is a dream and teaching exactly as we believe music should be taught. She can't wait to get to her lessons each week.
Last week the girls and I went to London to The Globe theatre to see Loves Labours lost. This was a trip organised through the newsletter I make for families HEing in Sussex. We really enjoyed it and I would highly recommend it. The attention to detail was amazing and the girls sat in awe at the beautiful dresses the ladies wore. They were highly amuse and a bit shocked at the willy flash
We have also been to Amberley Working Museum with Shinies. Took 2.5 hours to get there because of the traffic at Lewes but it was a great day. Terrible workshop, where the woman provided no information and seem eager to leave us! Bizarre. All of us spent the day dressed up from the past and enjoyed traveling on open top buses, old trains and marveling at dial phones. The kids would have spent the whole day playing with the phones that interconnected.
Kessie had her operation- so no babies for her. She hates me now. She is sad all the time, hates when I put her guard on her to stop her licking her wounds and is generally depressed.
Pea is struggling with life big time. She cries so much and has huge blow outs over nothing. Poor baby. She had a treat trip to London yesterday with Tina and Summer. Summer had an audition with Sony for their new game console. They asked Pea if she wanted to have a go but she declined. She cried for about an hour when she got home because she'd wanted to but felt she couldn't as it was Summer's chance! Next time she'll have a go!
Housewise we're no further on and I'm fed up of it all. Our offer was declined and we are currently sitting about 20 grand apart in negotiating. This really is only about £150 per month so nothing major and we could pay what they want but it's the fact that this means we have to find a further huge chunk of money for the deposit etc. Complicated. I'm still trying to get The Music House and have told Tony to contact our solicitor and push harder.
Today we have a play date (hate that expression), then a Hamlet workshop in Hastings, followed by tap and ballet for Boo.
We are doing small pockets of formal work throughout the week, I'm trying to up the game of the big two without making a huge deal about it. All seems to be going rather well though and they are all loving the French we have been doing. Buzz is doing great at his reading. I'm strict about when I say they are 'readers'
I'd say he was about 70% there with Horrid Henry books. Boo still hates maths though i don't know why as she's perfectly capable. I think it's some sort of mental block.They are really loving their new piano lessons. Uncle Rod (maths and sax already) is doing a fine job and they no longer spend weeks on a piece. One per week and then the structure of music around that. Boo has started violin and her teacher is a dream and teaching exactly as we believe music should be taught. She can't wait to get to her lessons each week.
Last week the girls and I went to London to The Globe theatre to see Loves Labours lost. This was a trip organised through the newsletter I make for families HEing in Sussex. We really enjoyed it and I would highly recommend it. The attention to detail was amazing and the girls sat in awe at the beautiful dresses the ladies wore. They were highly amuse and a bit shocked at the willy flash
We have also been to Amberley Working Museum with Shinies. Took 2.5 hours to get there because of the traffic at Lewes but it was a great day. Terrible workshop, where the woman provided no information and seem eager to leave us! Bizarre. All of us spent the day dressed up from the past and enjoyed traveling on open top buses, old trains and marveling at dial phones. The kids would have spent the whole day playing with the phones that interconnected.
Kessie had her operation- so no babies for her. She hates me now. She is sad all the time, hates when I put her guard on her to stop her licking her wounds and is generally depressed.
Pea is struggling with life big time. She cries so much and has huge blow outs over nothing. Poor baby. She had a treat trip to London yesterday with Tina and Summer. Summer had an audition with Sony for their new game console. They asked Pea if she wanted to have a go but she declined. She cried for about an hour when she got home because she'd wanted to but felt she couldn't as it was Summer's chance! Next time she'll have a go!
Housewise we're no further on and I'm fed up of it all. Our offer was declined and we are currently sitting about 20 grand apart in negotiating. This really is only about £150 per month so nothing major and we could pay what they want but it's the fact that this means we have to find a further huge chunk of money for the deposit etc. Complicated. I'm still trying to get The Music House and have told Tony to contact our solicitor and push harder.
Today we have a play date (hate that expression), then a Hamlet workshop in Hastings, followed by tap and ballet for Boo.
