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Journey home, water, and home again.
From Saturday: 1) The kids behave beautifully, and the traffic isn’t too bad, so the long journey home is completed with relative comfort. 2) Cold, delicious Scottish water, straight from the tap . 3)...
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1) Scones, tender and warm, fresh from the oven. 2) A is excited and proud, as he shows us round his classroom, and tells us all about the Romans topic he and his class have been working on. 3) The …...
View ArticleOff school, cleaning, and black water rafting
1) M isn’t feeling too well today, so I keep her home from school. Thankfully, she’s not too unwell (and will be back at school again tomorrow) and we have a lovely day together. 2) The enforced day...
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Fun and games, tidy, and cardboard boxes.
Just a quiet summer holiday day at home… 1a) A and M have discovered the joys of playing Monopoly. I think they must have spent a good three hours playing today. Great fun… 1b) When they got bored of...
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Cuddles, quick, and happy boy.
1) New born baby cuddles . 2) The meeting lasted one and a quarter hours, so I made it back home before K and the kids arrived back. 3) A went to Cubs for the first time today – he loved it .
View ArticleWeekend away…
1) The trip to Inverness was made, unusually for us, in the early morning, rather than late afternoon. We were all struck by the difference in light quality, and particularly by the fact that the sun...
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Order, free, and complete.
1) To restore some order to the house – my mind feels clearer already. 2) I wiped the weekly planner (located on a white board) clean of all last week’s activities… and I’ve left it blank! It’s the...
View ArticleHard at work, snow evening, and making rope.
1) A’s class has an open afternoon at school today and I arrive to find him hard at work, creating a “Wanted” poster for William Wallace (for King Edward 1). Around the classroom are examples of the...
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Restoring order, working hard, and growing up.
1) I realise I’m probably in a minority here, but part of me loves Monday mornings – a time to catch up, clean up, tidy up. 2) Thanks in part to the kids working hard to get ahead on their chores this...
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Catching up.
1) School restarts after the half-term break tomorrow. It’s been a lovely holiday though, and we were all glad of the break. 2) The holiday was a nice mix of time away and time at home. We caught up...
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