Feeling a bit woozy all day, now fully fledged wooze with a bit of quease at times.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Hello little creature!
Freya is coming up with some great lines at the moment. Yesterday there was an earwig on the ground next to her, and she said in her cutest voice "Hello little creature!". A couple of days ago we were looking at a convoy of snails near the front door and she was saying "Hello snails! Hello little one!". Very nice.
Many of her conversations involve not-so-nice comments, such as those ones we have been teaching her for dealing with less pleasant situations at creche. "Don't speak to me like that" and "move away" are ones we often hear, if we have committed some minor transgression. She also likes to correct our choice of words. Just the other night I pointed up in the sky and said "Look Freya, those are the pointers!" and she said "No they're not pointers, they are bork!" And on a less gibberishy note, when Freya was in the swing yesterday, Rebecca pointed to the blossoms on the nectarine tree and said "These are nectarines", and Freya said "No, they're not nectarines, they're blossoms."
In spider news, Auxilliary Blackie has emerged from her web and is just as huge and fiendish as last year. I can't imagine that she'll live beyond this summer.
I also have three young, small black house spiders in the nice spots in the conservatory, who are all growing nicely. One has taken over EFMB's spot from last year, and has patched up the web quite nicely. There are a couple of other blackies living under the verandah outside, but they tend to get eaten by birds fairly quickly. Just last week the daddy longlegs in the primary toilet ate a reasonable sized blackie that stumbled into its web, probably while searching for some new digs.
Last week of skool coming up... hooray. This term has generally been good, but there have been a few rough patches. On the whole I am feeling that I'm on top of things, although one of my classes regularly tramples over me like a herd of ADHD goats and leaves me dazed and bloody in the foetal position on the floor. (OK that's an exaggeration - I'm not dazed, just playing dead.)
Poor Boog has had hand, foot & mouth disease and was excluded from creche for most of last week, so Reb & I alternated days off. Part time rocks! Freya was a bit cranky while she was sick, but has perked up a lot now, and is healthily cranky instead. When we took her to the Dr (and saw Dr Satan, who really did not live up to the terrible reputation I have previously given him) she was staring at the jelly beans, and as we left the room (having forgotten about them) her little face started to crumple into tears and she cried "I want a jelly bean!". Fortunately it was easily fixed, and she was much happier. At home during the week we read lots of books, played with her trains and play-dough, and even had a go at making some sparkly feathery shiny goo things.
Have been getting out into the garden, and have made a really big difference to the weeds, and also straightened up a couple of our trees which were falling over in the front garden. Looks very good, if I may say so.
Many of her conversations involve not-so-nice comments, such as those ones we have been teaching her for dealing with less pleasant situations at creche. "Don't speak to me like that" and "move away" are ones we often hear, if we have committed some minor transgression. She also likes to correct our choice of words. Just the other night I pointed up in the sky and said "Look Freya, those are the pointers!" and she said "No they're not pointers, they are bork!" And on a less gibberishy note, when Freya was in the swing yesterday, Rebecca pointed to the blossoms on the nectarine tree and said "These are nectarines", and Freya said "No, they're not nectarines, they're blossoms."
In spider news, Auxilliary Blackie has emerged from her web and is just as huge and fiendish as last year. I can't imagine that she'll live beyond this summer.
I also have three young, small black house spiders in the nice spots in the conservatory, who are all growing nicely. One has taken over EFMB's spot from last year, and has patched up the web quite nicely. There are a couple of other blackies living under the verandah outside, but they tend to get eaten by birds fairly quickly. Just last week the daddy longlegs in the primary toilet ate a reasonable sized blackie that stumbled into its web, probably while searching for some new digs.
Last week of skool coming up... hooray. This term has generally been good, but there have been a few rough patches. On the whole I am feeling that I'm on top of things, although one of my classes regularly tramples over me like a herd of ADHD goats and leaves me dazed and bloody in the foetal position on the floor. (OK that's an exaggeration - I'm not dazed, just playing dead.)
Poor Boog has had hand, foot & mouth disease and was excluded from creche for most of last week, so Reb & I alternated days off. Part time rocks! Freya was a bit cranky while she was sick, but has perked up a lot now, and is healthily cranky instead. When we took her to the Dr (and saw Dr Satan, who really did not live up to the terrible reputation I have previously given him) she was staring at the jelly beans, and as we left the room (having forgotten about them) her little face started to crumple into tears and she cried "I want a jelly bean!". Fortunately it was easily fixed, and she was much happier. At home during the week we read lots of books, played with her trains and play-dough, and even had a go at making some sparkly feathery shiny goo things.
Have been getting out into the garden, and have made a really big difference to the weeds, and also straightened up a couple of our trees which were falling over in the front garden. Looks very good, if I may say so.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
WHAT are they getting up to at creche?
While having supper tonight Freya held up a knife and asked Reb: "Can I stab you in the eye?"
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Why I hate Dr Who...
This week they had an army of scarecrows. Scarecrows. Next week they
have a swarm of flying monkeys and the Tin Man. That and the CONSTANT
background music, (Torchwood takes that to new levels of hideousness),
it's very annoying. Although old-skool Dr Who was pretty cheesy at
times, the new Dr Who frequently veers wildly away from Science Fiction
into some weird sub-genre of fantasy. All very dissatisfying.
have a swarm of flying monkeys and the Tin Man. That and the CONSTANT
background music, (Torchwood takes that to new levels of hideousness),
it's very annoying. Although old-skool Dr Who was pretty cheesy at
times, the new Dr Who frequently veers wildly away from Science Fiction
into some weird sub-genre of fantasy. All very dissatisfying.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Good taste in music
Yesterday when I picked up Freya, I turned on the car & asked "Winnie the Witch or Courtney Love?", as Hole's Celebrity Skins was playing on the CD player. Freya enthusiastically replied "Courtmey Love!"
Today I asked "Winnie or Metallica?" and Freya replied "Metallica!". And a moment later "There's no Courtmey Love!"
Today I asked "Winnie or Metallica?" and Freya replied "Metallica!". And a moment later "There's no Courtmey Love!"
The week of Snot
Went to the Drs again on Monday, the nasty cold & sinus pain had been festering for a week. Dr prescribed some antibiotics. I had forgotted to mention the sinus pain... d'oh. Freya was uber good at the Drs, & got a couple of jellybeans. Today I did some googling & realized that I totally must have had infected sinuses. Must be less forgetful next time. Fortunately they feel a whole lot better this arvo.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Sick as a dog
Currently festering at home with a cold, which is the sequel to a sore throat which has been afflicting me for a few days. Poor Freya has had colds for successive weeks, with a bit of a chest infection the first time round. She seems to be clearing up OK now, but she's still a bit coughy and not her happy self.
Weather is varying from fairly pleasant, sunny winter days to foul, cold and windy ones.
Freya is becoming more of a little girl every day... she has the occasional tanty, but on the whole she's pretty reasonable. She can recite some of her books from cover to cover... she was sitting in the car going "Hercules Morse, big as a horse, Bitzer Maloney, all skinny and bony, and Hairy Clairy from Don'son's Dairy." She's nuts for robots at the moment. She has some pyjamas with robots on them, and likes some of the toys we have around the place.
Probably lots of other good things have happened lately, but I'm too fuzzy in the head to remember them. Finally getting around to watching Heroes, it's really rather good.
Weather is varying from fairly pleasant, sunny winter days to foul, cold and windy ones.
Freya is becoming more of a little girl every day... she has the occasional tanty, but on the whole she's pretty reasonable. She can recite some of her books from cover to cover... she was sitting in the car going "Hercules Morse, big as a horse, Bitzer Maloney, all skinny and bony, and Hairy Clairy from Don'son's Dairy." She's nuts for robots at the moment. She has some pyjamas with robots on them, and likes some of the toys we have around the place.
Probably lots of other good things have happened lately, but I'm too fuzzy in the head to remember them. Finally getting around to watching Heroes, it's really rather good.
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