I Don't Care About Anything (Being with You)
Haven't had a song on the blog for a while, have slipped out of the habit since using the tablet as I am not so sure about how to do links! GP played this on his all winners show on Tuesday. 'Tis really mellow I think.
Thus far today I have remained cool, calm and collected. I like it!
We switched our cleaner day this week plus The Daddy One has his monthly Friday off, keen to tackle our 200ft or so of hedge before we had no where left to park our cars, having already fixed the shower and the dishwasher this week. Forget all those articles about how much it would cost to pay for mothers' work. His practical skills save us a small fortune! With the help of google which trouble shot the dishwasher not draining in seconds, it needed "rocking" apparently!
So, I volunteered to go for a mini local gallivant with The Smalls. We started off at Storrington park where we achieved a personal best, even for our hungry family, the whole picnic eaten by 10am!
There were some school holiday boys in the park who flew paper aeroplanes with us until Baby Small posted his tennis ball in the periscope........The children amazed me with their ingenuity and team work, the periscope is at the top of a slide I am too big to climb so I had to leave them to it, eventually they retrieved the ball and triumphantly returned it to O and, you guessed it, he sent it straight back in there, but this time there was no retrieving it. It was stuck firm! Then the park was suddenly overwhelmed by 30 or more play scheme children and even they couldn't budge it. Bit annoying really as, of course, now the periscope doesn't work but what could we do! Order some more tennis balls! Big Smalls catching is getting great, we call out sums as we throw the ball back and forth! Mental maths!
We wondered in to town where The Smalls chose a small playmobil toy each, they don't have pocket money from us as such at the moment, we just tend to buy them things as they need them or on pay day! and into, heaving, Waitrose as we were, obviously by now, picnic less!
Then to Fittleworth for a swing, climb and play. In the past, I have to confess, I have found the school holidays a bit of a challenge but now the children are bigger, and we stick local and avoid the busy towns, it is great that there are other children in the parks for them without us travelling 15 or 20 miles like we have to in term time. Anyone with socialisation doubts should see them in action! They are inclusive and thoughtful, then from the swings I hear this:
So, I volunteered to go for a mini local gallivant with The Smalls. We started off at Storrington park where we achieved a personal best, even for our hungry family, the whole picnic eaten by 10am!
There were some school holiday boys in the park who flew paper aeroplanes with us until Baby Small posted his tennis ball in the periscope........The children amazed me with their ingenuity and team work, the periscope is at the top of a slide I am too big to climb so I had to leave them to it, eventually they retrieved the ball and triumphantly returned it to O and, you guessed it, he sent it straight back in there, but this time there was no retrieving it. It was stuck firm! Then the park was suddenly overwhelmed by 30 or more play scheme children and even they couldn't budge it. Bit annoying really as, of course, now the periscope doesn't work but what could we do! Order some more tennis balls! Big Smalls catching is getting great, we call out sums as we throw the ball back and forth! Mental maths!
We wondered in to town where The Smalls chose a small playmobil toy each, they don't have pocket money from us as such at the moment, we just tend to buy them things as they need them or on pay day! and into, heaving, Waitrose as we were, obviously by now, picnic less!
Then to Fittleworth for a swing, climb and play. In the past, I have to confess, I have found the school holidays a bit of a challenge but now the children are bigger, and we stick local and avoid the busy towns, it is great that there are other children in the parks for them without us travelling 15 or 20 miles like we have to in term time. Anyone with socialisation doubts should see them in action! They are inclusive and thoughtful, then from the swings I hear this:
Big Small (6) is chatting to a new friend
"How come you are not at my school?"
"I don't go to school, Mum tries to teach me but I prefer learning."
What more can I say?
NB If you are new to my blog I would like to clarify that Middle Small owns 3 identical pairs of the navy and white stripe towelling frugi shorts he is sporting today. They are his favourite and his best. Back in March I wrote several blog posts about the challenges of clothing without uniform!
What more can I say?
NB If you are new to my blog I would like to clarify that Middle Small owns 3 identical pairs of the navy and white stripe towelling frugi shorts he is sporting today. They are his favourite and his best. Back in March I wrote several blog posts about the challenges of clothing without uniform!
3 comments:
S's quote is priceless- I can't believe she is only 6.5 yrs !- bless xx
I agree your 6 year old's quote made me smile too. She's right though, teachers can teach till their blue in the face but children only learn if they want to. Well that's what I think x What a clever little missy!
I guess what makes it so accurate and on the button is that she has no idea how many articles I have read about the subtle differences between: learning, teaching and education and how many conversations along the lines of "How will they learn if you don't teach them?" I have had.
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