Whoo!! That’s Cold!
Last night must have been the quickest Lush bath ever….the hot water ran out. 
But I didn’t realise until the bath was nearly half full. Not being a wasteful person, especially when it comes to Lush, sod the water shortage in the summer, I still got in. It felt quite warmish to the touch, but actually sitting in it was an entirely different matter….
Fortunately, I don’t have blokey bits, but I did feel a certain empathy….soon got over that though!
We are also up to the Victorians (much to someone’s joy) in Our Island Story. The film last night was Paint Your Wagon, obviously ticked the wrong box on LoveFilm. Still, it meant I got to sing “I was born unner a wandrin’ star” in the most annoying way possible….
Chinese New Year!
Yes! We did things!
We made a lantern from what may be one of our mostest favouritest books ever….
But it’s not quite finished yet….patience is a virtue, except we have none and couldn’t wait for the glue to dry so we ended up taping it together. 
Olivia did another scrapbook page (had a go at teabag folding too)….
And did a Chinese inventions wordsearch, coloured in some chinese patterns to be laminated into bookmarks (how many bookmarks does one household need??), and we both made some scrolls in a Chinese style.
Lunch was beans on toast. I hear a resounding “So?!?” I mention it because it was not your average beans on toast. A tin of Sainsbury’s mixed bean salad drained, a tablespoon (or just over) of vegan mayonnaise stirred in, then all piled up on top of warmed garlic and herb naan bread. Easy! Bloomin’ lovely it was. There would have been a photo, but it was gone too darn quick….maybe next time….
Sunday being our newly designated paper model making day, we also made a pig, far too easy though, and a couple of origami pigs, but then I got bored looking for paper pig things….
All accompanied by our wondrous Chinese CD….eleventh time round and I’m ready to frisbee it down the road to meet a hideous death under any passing lorry….
“Can we play it again mum?”
What else?
Maisy chucked her guts up, or as Olivia so delicately put it, “Ooh my! Maisy’s regurgitated herself!”
But she cleaned it all up….I’m not very good with bodily functions of that nature….and Olivia wants to look after animals when she’s older anyway, so it’s all good practice. 
Olivia’s having her Lush moment now, I’m blogging, Adam’s in bed after a hard day at work on the checkouts….Our Island Story *will* be finished tonight, then I think we’re watching Il Postino.
Thankfully, Chinese New Year goes on for a while, so we have plenty of time to finish everything. I just need to find somewhere to put it all….I’ll go and ask Adam when he’s moving out….
You’ve probably seen this site - there are a few free downloads (we like free) alas not the flying pig, but a clever mummy could adapt the sheepy one.
http://www.flying-pig.co.uk/index.php
Comment by Eleanor — February 19, 2007 @ 11:04 am
frisbee the cd down the road…hahahaha. you should most definitely write a book. you’ll make millions!!!!whoooo, it’s so cool to find someone who makes home ed loads of fun. my kids love your site. ann
Comment by ann worsley — February 19, 2007 @ 2:29 pm
Eleanor: I so want that pig!!
We’ve got the free squid (free is my favourite too!) and the chickens, both waiting for a suitable educational tie-in….on the other hand Sunday’s only 6 days away now!
Ann: Millions sounds good! I know money doesn’t buy happiness….but it could make things a tad jollier!
Comment by Jo — February 19, 2007 @ 11:11 pm