Thursday, 5 September 2013
ironing away the Summer
It is Thursday of the first week back at school, and the girls are both napping, so I'm catching up with the ironing. There is a huge pile that has steadily been building, and I've taken the opportunity to put last night's Grand Designs on and spend half an hour working through. Very sad ironing Charlotte's Summer tops - her little peach coloured cotton 'cover-up' from Next, her all-in-one's - she won't be wearing those again. Ironing Elizabeth's dresses and Summer tops... all the memories of seeing her wearing them on the beach in Devon and every day of our holiday. Likewise Edward's lovely navy shorts, and his brightly coloured t-shirts - now he'll be in black/grey/royal blue, and all the colour seems to have been wiped away. He won't be wearing most of these clothes again either. So many happy times, why do they have to end??
Tuesday, 3 September 2013
First day of school
Edward's first day!! Obligatory photos on the doorstep, and Elizabeth and Edward walked calmly to school together holding hands, with their matching (Edward's in green, Elizabeth's in blue) rucksacks on. Elizabeth went off through the gates as normal, and we waited then parked up the buggy and I carried Charlotte and herded Sarah in, so that we could help Edward get his dinner money, his water bottle, and hang his bag up on his peg - a rhinoceros!
Left him sitting looking at a couple of wooden jigsaw puzzles on a table, and next time I'd turned around Mrs H had all the newbies sitting in a little circle on the carpet in front of him. Didn't look back - he seemed absolutely fine.
And off goes Elizabeth into her year 2/3 class, ready to learn all about Queen Victoria, and hopefully to read lots more, and we wait expectantly to see whether Mrs H can put a 'rocket up her bottom'... we'll see.
The two littlies are having their nap, which leaves me on my own for the first time in absolutely ages, able to update my blog. I'm back at work, been back two weeks, exhausted and not enjoying it but hopeful that once the students return and some sort of normality returns it won't seem so bad.
Off for a hen do this Saturday, so looking forward to that with a sense of trepidation really as I haven't been 'out out' in sooooo long. Wedding coming up in mid October, got my dresses already. Been asked to be Godparents to my cousin's lovely baby girl, Eloise, so looking forward to that in early November.
Left him sitting looking at a couple of wooden jigsaw puzzles on a table, and next time I'd turned around Mrs H had all the newbies sitting in a little circle on the carpet in front of him. Didn't look back - he seemed absolutely fine.
And off goes Elizabeth into her year 2/3 class, ready to learn all about Queen Victoria, and hopefully to read lots more, and we wait expectantly to see whether Mrs H can put a 'rocket up her bottom'... we'll see.
The two littlies are having their nap, which leaves me on my own for the first time in absolutely ages, able to update my blog. I'm back at work, been back two weeks, exhausted and not enjoying it but hopeful that once the students return and some sort of normality returns it won't seem so bad.
Off for a hen do this Saturday, so looking forward to that with a sense of trepidation really as I haven't been 'out out' in sooooo long. Wedding coming up in mid October, got my dresses already. Been asked to be Godparents to my cousin's lovely baby girl, Eloise, so looking forward to that in early November.
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