All quiet
… I’m sat up waiting for an auction to end, everyone else is asleep, the peace is lovely.
J is mostly better today, sick this morning but happy again by this afternoon, I knitted him a hat to match C’s (no pattern, in Biggy print again).
We’ve had a weird week, on Monday Simon took the day off, he did some work in the kitchen while I took C & J (who slept the entire time to Jelly Legs). It was swimming in the afternoon, I’m a bit frustrated with it really & not sure what to do. C is apparently ‘borderline’ for going up to the next level. I’d rather she stayed put until she’d mastered the level but I’m fairly sure that she can do what she needs to (I don’t know whether the teacher hasn’t noticed or if she hasn’t done it in class), she doesn’t seem that bothered either way but now says she doesn’t like the lessons (they are boring, they never do anything new) & the other kids mess around so the teacher doesn’t watch her because she’s telling the others off. Don’t really know whether to try and push her up to the next, leave her be, change to another teacher/venue or what really … hmmmm.
On Tuesday C went to MIL’s - I cleaned, what she did is secret 
. Wednesday was absolutely perfect 
lots of good stuff, natural progression, progress, new interests etc etc (and v. good reading), NO arguing. The Singapore Thinking Caps puzzle was codes & C loved working it out, she made her own code up spent a couple of hours writing messages that I had to decode . Ballet in the afternoon, J only screamed for 8 minutes on he way there (17 on the way back - counting keeps me sane), I read while he slept. The other mothers chatted to me like I am an actual Human Being - cool
Jasper had his OVG visit on Thursday - only MenC this time but a blood test as well (both hands poor love, he was a star as always) - pah to the woman who wanted to know how much I get paid for it, yup I pimp my kid to medical research for a bit of extra cash (:rollseyes:). C ended up in tears when I hurried them out of the house to Lidl (wellies for Lily) & was such a state I decided to give football a miss. She cheered up & charmed the play therapist with her secret codes. J started puking & was a bit feverish in the evening, I managed to settle him at 11pm after walking around the block for ages.
Friday was our local HE group drama production - we had to miss it because J was not well at all - I don’t think Claudia will ever forgive me 
usual GB but apart from that she was completely neglected in favour of puke boy.
Today C & I made pizza & the chocolate cake that we were going to take to the play, I managed to get some nappy boosters made & lots of cleaning. Simon did various jobs & C mostly played in the garden. I paid her £2 not to speak for 10 minutes (she managed 20 ) it was blissful
My hair is falling out in large handfuls and Claudia’s computer is shagged (power supply?).
I lost so much hair after I had Pea, it was crazy. I looked rather fetching in my head scarf
You seem so busy!
Comment by Roslyn — 11 March, 2007 @ 12:11 pm
Changing to another day and another teacher might help - makes her feel like something’s changing (whatever it is); gets a new bunch of kids in the class (could go either way though!).
Or just leave it for a term or two and let her practise what she needs to in her own time?
Comment by Alison — 11 March, 2007 @ 8:42 pm
I don’t want to be pushy but equally I don’t want her to get so discouraged that she stops enjoying swimming (and I’m not prepared to keep paying for lessons if she’s making no progress). I don’t enjoy swimming & I’m pretty crap at it so I’m reliant on other people to tell me how she’s doing. The obvious thing would be for her to practice more with Simon but their interactions are usually fraught & she refuses to co-operate with him
They are going to have a swim before the lesson tonight & I’m going to speak to her teacher. Monday is the only night we can do now. I’m pissed off with other kids in general because one of the little bitches who has been pushing & teasing her kicked her at gymnastics on Sunday
she always gravitates to the idiot kids.
Comment by Administrator — 12 March, 2007 @ 9:00 am