Monster & Teeny

Monday HE group at which they did plenty of running round playing and a sticking autumn leaves onto a big bit of paper type craft. I chatted and heckled Ali with her bath bomb making session.

In the afternoon we walked to the post office to send some ebay parcels, chatting about what we saw as we went. I gave them a few pence each to spend on sweets and we chatted about them all the way home again.

In the (late) evening Alison and children from The Portico arrived.

Tuesday A nice day at home doing not a lot. The children did a show for us all dressed up, with fab narration and direction from Violet, I made some snickerdoodles with help from Gwenny, Buttercup and Teeny and Ernest and Monster spent hours playing x box.

Wednesday Lucy came over with R & R to add to the mix. Lots more chatting, playing, some haircutting by Alison ’scissors’ Portico. Alison and co headed off after kids’ tea and we had an early night all round.

Thursday A busy and hectic day with lots of last minute ‘things to do before December 1st’ type stuff including finding advent calendars. We dashed into town and did that, returning a couple of library books and picking up a birthday present for SIL as we went, then collected Lucy, R & R and drove to some local woods to meet SIL, J & M and another Home Ed friend with her two daughters. Had a lovely time at the woods enjoying being out and about in the wintery sunshine.

The highlight for Teeny being that our friend had brought her dog along and Teeny got to throw sticks for her to fetch and walk along holding her lead for a while.

Friday  Over to Ali’s in the afternoon after a morning of colouring and cutting out various bits and pieces that had arrived with a Flushed Away board game. A lovely time at Ali’s as usual with films to watch, xbox to play, some zoombinis, pasta and chocolate and lots of chatter. We listened to Christmas cds on the way there and back and enjoyed singing along and feeling all festive.

Saturday Christmas shopping day! We drove a fair way along the south coast and then worked our way back home visiting every charity shop on the way. Lunch was McDs paid for with pinecone research surveys luncheon vouchers. Had a really nice day soaking up festive spirit and enjoying being out and about in the bustle together. My parents came over in the evening for dinner.

Sunday A went logging with my Dad in the morning and Ros & co came over for an hour or so to visit - it’d been way too long since we’d seen them. I made the first batch of mince pies of the year, using my own home made mince meat which was rather lovely.

Roast dinner at lunchtime, Monster and I played various board games together and some mastermind and connect 4 while Teeny played with sticklebricks. Then in the late afternoon we put the children’s Christmas trees up. They each have a little one that goes up in their bedrooms fairly early in December and they really enjoy the decorating them and having their own tree each.