Who’s Normal Anyway?

Saturday

We didn’t go anywhere but M had the lad next door over to play and he went over there too. They played lots of Star Wars lego games and on the computer. Can’t remember what I was doing, nothing very exciting, just keeping an eye on L I think and doing housey things. Oh yes, we baked cookies. M made choc chip and I made ginger - yum!

Sunday

In the morning we went to Church and L played havoc with a tin of felt tips during the service. It’s a very small and laid back church though and there are several babies, so no one minded the back and forth to sort him out. He crawls all round everywhere and fiddles with things, but M helps keep an eye on him and is lovely with him. After the service they went off into the playroom while I had a coffee and L sat in the middle of the floor watching the big boys.

We had lunch and eventually went out to Grimes Graves where there was a flint knapping demo on. Didn’t venture down the flint mine because 30′ down a ladder with a baby strapped to me didn’t appeal, funnily enough.

We looked around the site for an hour or so and enjoyed watching the demo, then had ice creams. I saw a copy of Britannia and found out what I was missing, so bought it. We already have the inferior “Knights, Kings and Conquerors” which is the first 20 stories but just in small paperback and black and white. The full Britannia is gorgeously illustrated.

Monday

I was bored yesterday. I should have taken us all out for a bit but it never quite came off. M did his maths OK and we did some stuff about Alfred the Great, because M wants to learn about the Normans and I think we should very briefly fill in some history between where we’d got to with the Saxons leading up to how William the Conqueror came into the picture. M was looking forward to playing out with the boy next door when he finished school, but unfortunately his friend has been grounded (for a week!) so isn’t available til Monday. I made pizza for tea and then read him bedtime stories for a while. We’re reading By The Shores of Silver Lake and Toliver’s Secret at the moment.

Today

Started off a bit iffy because we were all tired from getting up too early - M woke at 6am. M did some Miquon maths about temperature and I got distracted looking at something or other on the internet. For history I read him some more about King Alfred from Our Island Story and asked him to narrate it back and he did it as a series of pictures with captions. He says he doesn’t like drawing but often as soon as he starts he seems to get really into it and draw all sorts of quirky details that he enjoys pointing out to me.

When L woke up from his nap we went out to the garden centre and had lunch there and I bought some more seeds. We got back about 2pm and spent ages gardening. L got stuck in to the flower bed and M was picking daisies and then shredding them to add to the compost bin.

We had an early tea so I could take M to rollerblading. He was really tired after that so had a quick shower and went straight to bed.

L’s been trying some new things the last few days. He’s finally getting the hang of food and has got into eating apple slices and grapes, in addition to chocolate biscuits He also likes to chew on his toes which are a new taste discovery this week LOL. He’s getting much more confident in standing alone too. When we’re out and I’m carrying him, we’re still doing great with EC, but at home (except at night and first thing in the morning) he doesn’t like to sit still long enough to wee on the potty - far more amusing to get off, fiddle with his bits, look at me and wee on the carpet. All a learning experience I suppose LOL.