25 November 2010

Emily told me as soon as she woke that she had done a wee in her pants, and she did have a very wet nappy. That is the first time in weeks though. I am still planning on switching to pants at night after she turns three. She is making leaps and bounds in other ways. With the odd mistake she now also recognises all lower case letters and it very interested in every sign she sees out and about, spelling out the letters out loud. We have begun making words with the bath letters and stressing the phonetic sounds of each letter. She is also managing some very basic adding up. Her favourite sum is 2+2=4, but she can handle other sums with a little coaching.


In the morning I took her to Kamezuke park where she spent a whole hour just collecting leaves. She was so engrossed that she did not go on any of the play equipment.


Jo and the kids came to ours mid-afternoon and stayed for tea and bath. I made pizza dough (seemed a bit of a faff compared to bought bases, but the result made it worthwhile), from which I shaped two Mickey Mouse heads and got the girls to decorate their own with toppings. Emily surprised me by barely eating any of hers, even though it meant foregoing trifle. Isy ate all hers, with a little encouragement.

The three children had lots of fun in the bath and then it was time for them to get off home to bed. I was glad that Emily didn't mention being hungry as she turned in as I was convinced we would end up in a battle at bedtime.


I had a bit of a row with Nick when he got home. His boss had again mentioned planning the transfer to London, probably for March/April. For some reason I did not respond as positively as I might and he was very angry, rightly so as he has put in so much effort to get the qualification that makes this possible. On reflection I think I am a bit scared about the move, and upset to lose my good friends here. I am not great at making proper friends, though can pick up acquaintances easily enough. I'm also worried for Emily as it is hard to break into ready-made cliques of mums and their kids. At least she will be able to see a bit of her cousins though.