We had a parcel to collect, so intended to leave early and get it on the way. Ah well!
Just about made it to toddlers on time, despite horribly strong winds trying to blow us off the A14. Gina arrived as we did, so the children and I started with French while she got a few toys out. A mum and her little boy arrived while we were still chanting animal names and chasing flashcards – hope she didn’t think we were mad 😆 I think she may be the mum Joy mentioned to me some time ago as having been there one week when I wasn’t, terribly lonely and rather depressed, but my (rather feeble – I’m not good at this!) attempts to talk to her were met with smiles and not much more 😕 I really need a communicator to do the talking while I do the running the group stuff, as I can do children, but I’m rubbish with adults 🙁 That’s where Jane and Pam were so useful…
Paints again, as they went down so well last time – still need to find somewhere to put all K’s pictures! Also, Gina had brought St. Brigid‘s crosses to make, and some information about Imbolc and Candlemas. We should be starting spring cleaning around now, it seems. Hmmm…
Sarah came along with chess again, which seems to work really well 🙂 and J and K both did some piano, then we even managed some Latin (adjectives as before, plus adding in formosa/us, sordida/us and some animals, but just exposure rather than learning this time – we’ll do it again next time and eventually it’ll go in [who knows, I might even start remembering some of it too!] but it takes on average 7 exposures to a new word for it to stand a chance of being learned).
Instead of going home we went to play with Z and Sarah (last minute arrangement 🙂 ) where J and Z disappeared while K, L and I discovered the delights of Puzzle Journeys – must see if we can get hold of one or two from local library, if Sarah hasn’t got them all already! Then collected Bob from work (waited ages in car park as he’d forgotten why we were picking him up and thought there was no hurry 🙄 ) and went to photographers to look at pictures and decide how many we *need* to buy – and how many mortgages it will take to pay for them!
Late tea (pasta and jar, plus green beans as chosen by L and smoothie from remainders of toddler snack 😉 then leftover birthday cake 🙂 ) and consequently another late night for children 🙁
And then Bob and I stupidly stayed up late playing Peggle 😳
Long list of things to do today, but children have all been playing so nicely with K’s birthday playmobil and A has been so snuggly (and grumpy if not snuggled) that we’ve not got very far yet…
