Friday

Spent the whole morning cleaning for a 5 minute viewing. Kids had to entertain themselves. Tried to make up for it this afternoon by doing lots of reading with Ia and U, helping them with a bit of workbook and playing games. The boys don’t want to do any work, but they have read, played indoor cricket and football and are now playing with their cars.
Ia wanted lots of attention this afternoon. She ended up doing bits on the computer, doing puzzles and threading buttons with U. U did only unthreading. Later Ia helped me with the baking.
U went to sleep very early, which led to a quiet, relaxed evening. What a difference the demands of one small person make! R read, Ia did drawings and J finished his project on Spain. We’ve put it in a plastic folder and it looks very presentable, with a mixture of word processing, handwriting, print outs and his own illustrations.