Is that a private school MD? We have a $50 resources fee. Well, we did at the old school. I didn't pay anything at the new school. I wonder if I should have lol. They are pretty good with things like that though - the full day skiing lessons every week in winter didn't cost me a cent.
Just back from a weekend at hometown. So nice now that my kids and my cousins kids are all bigger - they just disappear and play for hours. Living the dream DH fixed the roof on my grandfathers garage - he is in his 80's with bad legs and a bung eye but he would have got up there and done it himself :roll eyes:
No need for aircon here - summer seems to have skipped us this year. It is average at best with lots of rain.
MP, W isn't doing laces yet. TBH, I hope he settles for velco/slipon for a while longer. I think he would be capable but his frustration of not getting it right the first time is not appealing.
OMG, just googled the lymphoedema - I hope that it isn't as bad as the wiki pictures!!
Yep, it's a private school, but it's the local catholic one so not really high-end private, kwim? I suspect we're charged (a lot) more than we need to be and some of those funds are then siphoned off to other schools with (much) lower socio-economic profiles. Which I really don't mind (in the big social justice scheme of things) but they ask for it up front before school has even started which is a bit harsh. But for DD2 it's just a standard book list, you order online and it arrives in a box.
Arte, that's my kind of summer. Rain. Coolness. A tiny bit of sunshine! Aaaaah. Maybe I should emigrate. Before they film The hobbit 3 so I can sign up to be an extra. (*Indulges in hot-summer-induced-fantasy*). And re lymphodema - mine is v. mild. I have to self massage though to keep it under control, and every now and again I see a physio because it builds up on my back where I can't reach. It'll stay mild if it's managed & because I still have some lymph nodes, but I have a ton of sympathy for those poor ladies you sometimes see with massive chunky legs or arms - can't imagine what a living hell that would be.
E isn't doing laces yet either. We chose shoes with velcro too, but she's got a pair of canvas shoes (white ones we decorated with fabric pens, awesome school hol activity) with laces so she can practice with those.
The other skill we're desperate for her to learn is time-telling. Not sure how to teach it really, it's pretty complex.
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MD, telling the time or the concept of seconds/minutes/hours/days etc? Digital is a handy way to go, but you can get the analogue watches with the minutes written as well. Watches are something W has loved from toddlerhood but I can't remember how we taught him what it represented.
Hasn't Hobbit 3 been filmed yet? I thought they did it all in one go and the time is the production? Last time they were shooting up the mountain but I was too short and too tall for any extra roles. MD, you might be tall enough to get in . As for the weather, coolness is nice but today it has been downright cold. In the middle of January! People are putting their fires on. I am sitting here cold but refuse to put on the heat pump on principle alone lol.
Just telling the time (with an analogue clock cos I'm a hardass mumma). They have to be able to know how to count in fives to get anything other than o'clock and half past and quarter past and quarter to. But I did see some Lego time teaching clocks in my travels so maybe something like that would be the go.
Yeah, I'd be tall enough ... Possibly too wide but definitely talk enough!
wait. what? there's more than one hobbit? they split it into three? oh. you can tell that i dont get out much. i so want to be an extra! but that i am boring average in everything body size i dont see myself as being cast as either a hobbit or something tall. bah humbug!
Bad news, they have already finished shooting The Hobbit. The bit they did here last year was some of the last of it I shall never be a hobbit. Although my leg hair and wide sausage feet beg to differ lol
That's too bad. I'm kind of fine with it though, I'm totally a hobbit on the inside, I have huge, hairy feet (! yes, for real) and I'm totally down with second breakfasts and elevenses. It's my inner orc that wants expressing .
Well Miss E is safely back at school today - looking glum because it's a different classroom, new teacher, and her (overly dependent) bestie has been split off to a different class on the teacher's recommendation. Such a wrench. There were a few kids this morning looking miserable. I hope they have a bit of fun today and she comes home a bit happier!
W doesn't start school again until next week. Should be a good year - there are 4 new entrants starting so W is going to be one of the senior kids lol. I know all the families of the new kids and they are all nice - including A's best friend from across the road that W has always been a bit sweet on. They may be trouble together, I pity the teacher lmao. However, it gives me car pooling option which is great. We also have the fantastic teacher back as she went on a science fellowship for the last half of last year. She is very science/ecology focused and W is going to really love that.
School starts back here on Thursday for Miss K, but DH is back today. She is going to the movies (Frozen) with Granny today, then visiting friends tomorrow. Nice way to finish off the holidays.
All good here. Had a colonoscopy (due to family history) on Friday during which I vomited. Have now lost voice and have chesty kind of cough. Feeling heaps better than I was on the weekend, but luckily haven't had too many phone calls at work today!
Miss K can kind of do laces. Her school shoes are the velcro mary janes and sneakers have elastic laces and velcro up the top. She can sort of tell the time - they worked on half past and o'clock at school last year, but she knows that all the numbers on the clock really represent 5 minutes so she can do some early time telling (ie 10 past). Currently she is obsessed with bike riding and has been dragging us off for big hour long rides each day (have to take it in turns because our old bottoms aren't coping!!)
Arte, LMAO @ W being a "senior" student. It was kind of weird walking past the reception classroom today, there were a few kids there (ie the repeaters) but the newies won't start until tomorrow (ie Carparking Hell, Round#2) - but it will be amazing to see how big our kids look next to the littlies.
That's fantastic that the awesome teacher is back. I haven't formed any judgement on E's new teacher yet. The OTHER teacher (ie, the one who has E's little separated friend) is FANTASTIC so I'm having a tiny bit of anticipatory teacher envy... without even knowing what this one is like LOL.
YAY also for carpooling! I don't think any of that will be happening here, but DD1 is (finally) keen to start getting her own self to school so that might take a bit of pressure off our mornings (and thousands of km/year off our mileage)! We'll see how long that lasts...
Didn't see you there Cally! That does sound like a nice way to finish off the holidays. Bummer about the colonoscopy AND the vomming. Chesty cough sounds a bit of a worry - do you think you might have aspirated? Maybe try some honey in some warm water, small sips - might help soothe the irritation. xxx
And WTG Miss K with the laces!! Do you think it helps having a trained teacher in da house? I sometimes have those moments when E wants to know something and I'm just not sure how to break it down into something short and sticky. (Notice a trend here re lack of brevity??? LMAO)
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bahahahahaha! 80s power ballads....totally worthy to sob too lol.
MD: sheesh, yeah the constant threat of just having to up and leave must be so intense. and it is i guess a given in the career of your DH. i guess for a short while it is doable, but after a few years and kids in the mix and as you get older and develop friendships it would just get harder and harder.
Oz: hello lovely blossoming mama! how is that belly of yours??
AFM: well my not so crap week got crapper. turns out me being horrified at the family looting my grandfathers house has resulted in being told to 'jam it' and told to never ever speak to the family again. oh dear. i was called some pretty horrifying things...i guess, to be honest, they were things that they have felt about me since i was a little girl but werent said as well, telling a 5 year old that she is XYZ is just a *bit* out of line: even if you think it. thankfully my mum is also cast out so at least we have eachother lol. my darling grandfather i think is still ok with me. i havent heard from him, but i feel confident that it will be ok from his end.
In brighter news! Miss L won a principals award! super proud of her the teacher is super proud of her too and is hoping that a bit of recognition and celebration might help her with her peers in the new class. her teacher told me that out of the 22 kids only 6 of them are in grade one. the rest are grade two. i think that such a small group of one'rs is tough. and she one of only a few girls in the whole class as it is IYKWIM. i so wish i could win lotto so that she could go to john marsdens school which is much further away but just perfect. ah well.
Cass, sorry that happened to you What on earth makes some people think they are entitled to elderly relatives things?! This always bothers me.
If they are the sort of people that lack respect for their elders and have such limited decency then you are way too good for them! Who cares what they think of you - sounds like they prejudged you anyway so it was never going to be any different itms. I am sure your grandfather will be ok with you, even if he is fine with people taking his stuff he will still see that you are on his team.
Congrats to L on her award
Totally nailed the best chocolate chip biscuits ever this afternoon.
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DH fixed the roof on my grandfathers garage - he is in his 80's with bad legs and a bung eye but he would have got up there and done it himself :roll eyes:
I shall never be a hobbit. Although my leg hair and wide sausage feet beg to differ lol
What on earth makes some people think they are entitled to elderly relatives things?! This always bothers me. 
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