Monday - the May Day holiday (thank you, archaic British seasonal holidays!) and no school. Felicity and I went on a quest for carpet - and amazingly were able to order, get the surveyor out and arrange all the finances on the same day. (It can sometimes take up to 2 weeks due to my work schedule and having to wait for appointments!) Warehouse delivery will probably be next Thursday and hopefully installation on Friday.
Tuesday - Ron, the painter came early to start the repair/painting job in the study and guest room. Teaching at the 'hardest' schools (as far as physical demands go at least) but much better now that I've stopped taking choir at lunchtimes and that my senior students are off on study leave. Stopped off on my way home to pick up paint samples at B and Q (Ron brought color charts he could provide from), and got a cheeky box of Krispy Kreme donuts.
Wednesday - Went to the wrong school in the morning by mistake, but actually had a good day teaching. Several students off and good to catch up with some of my colleagues at school. One of my friends gave me a signed copy of some songs he wrote (he asked me about the range, difficulty, when he was writing them) as a leaving present. After work, I took Felicity to explorers, where she spent most of the time enthralled by a craft project involving 2 paper cups, stickers and markers. (They were making binoculars - the topic was 'God is a spirit, he doesn't have a body like men.' 'A spirit is an invisible being.') Color on the walls really good!
Thursday - Ron's last day on the job and an inservice day for me (gratefully actually - a later morning start and just *sitting* most of the day.) Also notable as it's the first time I've been eligible to vote here, which I did at my local primary school. Oh, and the ante-natal physios were able to fit me into an afternoon appointment where they fitted me out with crutches and showed me how to use them. I don't particularly like how *visible* they are, but it surprised me how much easier it was to walk with them. I didn't use them around the house much yesterday, but I suspect they will be really useful in the next couple of months going out. I might need to get a backpack with reins for F finally though, as I cannot hold her hand while using them if we're on the street.
Friday - The start of my weekend! I took F back to the mini-French class, where she settled a lot more quickly this week - probably because we've been listening to the CD in the car a lot. 'She asked to listen to 'coo coo bebe' ....'louder!' 'I can't hear it!' Her accent is cute. I think she's copying the rolled rs much better than I do. Only two more weeks of this session, but I will probably try to do another one with her in the future as I feel like I've been learning something too.
At lunchtime we almost had a melt-down. Felicity was being aggressive and kicking the table and screaming. We were both tired. I was making her lunch as this was going on and I asked her if what she was doing was naughty or good. She said she was being naughty. I asked her if she knows it's naughty, why is she doing it? 'Are you feeling upset?' 'Yes' she said 'I'm very very upset!' 'I don't think you're feeling naughty or upset' I countered 'I think you're feeling hungry.' 'Mommy, I'm hungry.' 'Yes, you're hungry, so here is your lunch and you eat it and you will feel better.' And sure enough, in less than 5 minutes, we were back to our sweet selves. Felicity doesn't eat when she's not hungry (a tendency I'm loathe to train out of her - I could learn from this trait!) but there are times when she crosses that hunger-border and she just *loses* it. I was prepared to discipline yesterday if I had to, but I'm glad we were able to avert that crisis another way.
We have discovered Lambert the Sheepish Lion. I found it on youtube last Saturday morning and we've been playing it 3-4 times a day since. It's a good thing it's only 8 minutes long! The only drawback is that after it's finished, F knows how to start different cartoons on youtube (and there's some pretty stupid stuff on youtube!) So I've ordered the DVD I think it's on and we'll get it on a tablet where we can content-control! It's so cute to watch her watching it - she laughs when Lambert tries to bleat and says 'he's got hiccups!' and she tries to sing the song, but she doesn't remember all of the words yet.
Then, F went down for a nap and actually slept for an hour and a half! Normally, I'd stay up and get housework/reading/whatever done, but I went straight to bed and had a good sleep as well. She has such a good color when she wakes up in the morning and after a nap. Later, G and S came over and the girls played and we chatted, mostly about the election.
Today we are pretty relaxed. Simon is going over the K's house to work on some app stuff and I have a friend coming over for a cuppa while he's out. Hopefully we can get some errands run this afternoon and just have some family chill out time.
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