It has been a while

It's been a while. So long, in fact, that I can't remember what was going on last time I wrote, so I'll guess where we had got to!

Certainly, I haven't written since I found out that I do not have pluerisy, which is great but I have ripped my chest wall, probably by coughing so hard and it si going to take forever to put itself right. Still, at least I don't have a life threatening illness, nor the potential for it!

So, the children finished school on the seventh of July and I kept going until the twentieth. The kids have become very good at visiting people, going on tennis courses and coming into school with me. By the time we reached the twentieth we were all exhausted and in need of some down time.

I therefore declared the following day the stressiest day of the year and forced them into cleaning and tidying the house, accompanied by my high pitched whining as they complained that they like the house dirty and could we please go out.

When we did finally leave the house to go on a favourite walk, clad in wellies in order to wade in the stream, it was not for nearly as long as intended. Within a few minutes of reaching the stream they had covered each other in mud, filled their wellies and started moaning that they were cold. We went home, accompanied by more of my high pitched whining.

Yeah - good times! They were all in bed by 7.30. More to escape from me than anything else, I think. At about 10.30 I realised that I hadn't fed them since lunch time. Bad, bad mother!

They had a great breakfast the next day. Very quiet and efficient!!

Since then we have been to my husband's theatre at Frinton, spent the day at Aldeburgh and seen the Maggie Hamblin Seashell sculpture and been swimming in the sea, despite it being a chilly 16 degrees C (that's about 60 degrees F).

Tomorrow we head back to Frinton for the younger two to take part in a music course. Abi and I are going to have tennis lessons together! Neither of us have ever learnt so it should be hilarious!

Oh, and I have been called to do jury service in September - terrible timing. I am going to try and get out of it. It is a total nightmare of logistics with the family and rubbish timing with seven new children starting in my class who will need keeping close until they find their feet. I'm not sure if the jury service people will find that a good enough reason for trying to get out of it though!

Finally, my boss, Sam has a new blog. It is about her work in the outside environment. It is mostly for the 3-6 aged classroom but I will be working to get my lot out there as often as possible. I seem to remember that last year the new year 2's went out when they lost concentration inside and it brought a bit of peace to the rest of the children and allowed them to adjust to the new way of working that the elementary classroom calls for.

I'll be back on Friday. Over and out.