1/02/2005
I was at work on NYE and arrived home in the late afternoon to find Jax, Tim, Big, Small and an extra A already here, and they stayed till the following year. The children mostly got on very well, but C, after waking early and ensuring that Small was awake enough to rouse the rest of the house, decided she didn't feel very well and went back to bed. She slept for another couple of hours then Jonathan took her up some toast and a drink and she stayed in her room for quite a while doing nothing at all, not even listening to a tape. Then, when she was ready she came down and played with everyone. Actually I was quite proud of her for recognising the need in herself to take time out, and Big coped very well with the fact she had come to C's house but C wasn't playing with her.
One of C's top front teeth came out in the bath on NYE. It's the third one she has lost but for some reason she got a bit hysterical about it, and I do hope she didn't upset Big too much. Now it's stopped feeling so strange she's proudly showing the gap off to everyone.
On New Year's Day I started making some gingerbread with the four bigger children who were here, but the recipe got a bit confused because someone was playing with the scales while I was trying to weigh the flour, so in the end I had to send them all out of the kitchen while I sorted it out, and C and M did the rolling and cutting with Jonathan after the others had gone home. Jax made some fizzing bath bombs and I made some fairy cakes which were decorated by C and M in the evening.
This morning we went to church with our cakes and biscuits to sell with coffee after the service. C and M manned the stall, and we gave out little bags so people could take their goodies home if they wanted. We sold almost everything - about 30 cakes and perhaps 50 biscuits, and with people's value added generosity, we came home with £19 for tsunami relief. Tomorrow there's a sale of unwanted Christmas gifts and other stuff in the Village Hall, so we'll take the money there, and Jax's bath bombs, and anything else we can find.
Jax brought me a printout version of Set to cut out and laminate. It took me quite a while to do it and I had nearly finished when my laminator ate the last page :( So I have 72 out of 81 cards, and I showed C how to play today. Not sure what to do about the laminator. I only bought it last March but I'm not sure I can lay my hands on the receipt, and the guarantee says opening it up myself will void the warranty.
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One of C's top front teeth came out in the bath on NYE. It's the third one she has lost but for some reason she got a bit hysterical about it, and I do hope she didn't upset Big too much. Now it's stopped feeling so strange she's proudly showing the gap off to everyone.
On New Year's Day I started making some gingerbread with the four bigger children who were here, but the recipe got a bit confused because someone was playing with the scales while I was trying to weigh the flour, so in the end I had to send them all out of the kitchen while I sorted it out, and C and M did the rolling and cutting with Jonathan after the others had gone home. Jax made some fizzing bath bombs and I made some fairy cakes which were decorated by C and M in the evening.
This morning we went to church with our cakes and biscuits to sell with coffee after the service. C and M manned the stall, and we gave out little bags so people could take their goodies home if they wanted. We sold almost everything - about 30 cakes and perhaps 50 biscuits, and with people's value added generosity, we came home with £19 for tsunami relief. Tomorrow there's a sale of unwanted Christmas gifts and other stuff in the Village Hall, so we'll take the money there, and Jax's bath bombs, and anything else we can find.
Jax brought me a printout version of Set to cut out and laminate. It took me quite a while to do it and I had nearly finished when my laminator ate the last page :( So I have 72 out of 81 cards, and I showed C how to play today. Not sure what to do about the laminator. I only bought it last March but I'm not sure I can lay my hands on the receipt, and the guarantee says opening it up myself will void the warranty.
