Well hello AGAIN
So you are all wondering...has she nothing better to do with her time? Well I could be downstairs watching the news, which by the by is not as depressing in sunny S.A and can actually be rather entertaining, except for the few icky stories that do pop up from time to time. But I had a great weekend, nothing exceptional mind you, I just decided to tell you all about it. Sharon and Brett did come round as planned and we drank the usual and I taught them how to play Uno which brought back many fond memories of many of you reading this. This morning we rose to a beautiful sunny day, until we went outside...freezing! But our mission for the day was bagels for breakfast, to be eaten at the beach. So armed with a bag of bagels and a few Cafe Lattes, we braved the weather much to the kids delight and sat in the sun watching the sea eating breakfast.
The kids ran down to the beach and played in the sand and I marvelled at how, as long as they are having fun the weather just does not bother them. I think it was the best bagel and Cafe Latte I have had the privilege to eat and drink to date! But all good things have to come to an end, and there was a train to be caught so I took Sharon and Brett to the station. There is a great park across the road from the station and Kirstin who spotted it on her way to school has been itching to go so me, braving the weather and hoping to find a seat in the sun took them to the park. They made friends with every child who appeared and had an absolute ball, but an hour later with a "froze" nose I could take it no more, the clouds were blocking out the sun I bundled two reluctant little girls into our "high car" and set off for home.
The weather made me think 'library' (pictured left) so when we got home I phoned, and lo and behold the Rye library is open 1 - 4 p,m on a Sunday! The kids were thrilled at the prospect of becoming members of a library again so back in the car and off we went. Well the library was amazing, about 5 computers with educational games at the kids disposal, tables and chairs, a window seat (unfortunately no too comfy but looks good) and some chairs were parents were sitting reading to their kids! Needless to say we spent all afternoon there. I got cards for the kids, at no charge and no limit on the amount of books they are allowed, I did not tell Jessica about the limit because we would have needed a cart to get out of there. They also have reading mornings for the little kids so I grabbed a schedule, something for Kirstin and I to do when going to the park in the morning
gets too cold. I am also considering doing some volunteer work at the library, it is something I can do with Kirstin because she loves to sit at the little tables and page through all the books she can get her hands on.
I would like to volunteer in the children's room, so I might go down in the morning and speak to them. When I asked the librarian if they need volunteers she practically offered me a job so I guess they would fit me in.
Jessica chose a Dr Seuss book (with a little prompting from her mother) which is a beginners book and she read the first 3 pages to me, I nearly exploded with pride! She has been in the reading program at school for a month and I can't believe how well she is doing! We get homework every day and she always reads the books to me with little or no help, but they are really basic,the picture literally tells the story, so I was not sure as to how well she was really doing. Now I can safely say that she is well on her way to literacy.
Darota fetched me at 6 p.m and we took the kids to Applebee's, which was great, a real family restaurant and for all of us (4 kids, 2 adults) the 'check' totalled $42.00! I was home by 7:30 and the kids went straight to bed. So as you can see my weekend was not all that exciting, just very relaxing and great for the girls. Oh and just to let you know that I am still in touch with S.A sport, even though I am NOT a rugby fan, cricket for me any day, WELL DONE SPRINGBOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay now this is it and as it is 10:49 I can safely say there will be no more "quick" letters about my weekend. So until next week..........LUV YA MADLY BYE!
Nats
So you are all wondering...has she nothing better to do with her time? Well I could be downstairs watching the news, which by the by is not as depressing in sunny S.A and can actually be rather entertaining, except for the few icky stories that do pop up from time to time. But I had a great weekend, nothing exceptional mind you, I just decided to tell you all about it. Sharon and Brett did come round as planned and we drank the usual and I taught them how to play Uno which brought back many fond memories of many of you reading this. This morning we rose to a beautiful sunny day, until we went outside...freezing! But our mission for the day was bagels for breakfast, to be eaten at the beach. So armed with a bag of bagels and a few Cafe Lattes, we braved the weather much to the kids delight and sat in the sun watching the sea eating breakfast.
The kids ran down to the beach and played in the sand and I marvelled at how, as long as they are having fun the weather just does not bother them. I think it was the best bagel and Cafe Latte I have had the privilege to eat and drink to date! But all good things have to come to an end, and there was a train to be caught so I took Sharon and Brett to the station. There is a great park across the road from the station and Kirstin who spotted it on her way to school has been itching to go so me, braving the weather and hoping to find a seat in the sun took them to the park. They made friends with every child who appeared and had an absolute ball, but an hour later with a "froze" nose I could take it no more, the clouds were blocking out the sun I bundled two reluctant little girls into our "high car" and set off for home.
The weather made me think 'library' (pictured left) so when we got home I phoned, and lo and behold the Rye library is open 1 - 4 p,m on a Sunday! The kids were thrilled at the prospect of becoming members of a library again so back in the car and off we went. Well the library was amazing, about 5 computers with educational games at the kids disposal, tables and chairs, a window seat (unfortunately no too comfy but looks good) and some chairs were parents were sitting reading to their kids! Needless to say we spent all afternoon there. I got cards for the kids, at no charge and no limit on the amount of books they are allowed, I did not tell Jessica about the limit because we would have needed a cart to get out of there. They also have reading mornings for the little kids so I grabbed a schedule, something for Kirstin and I to do when going to the park in the morninggets too cold. I am also considering doing some volunteer work at the library, it is something I can do with Kirstin because she loves to sit at the little tables and page through all the books she can get her hands on.
I would like to volunteer in the children's room, so I might go down in the morning and speak to them. When I asked the librarian if they need volunteers she practically offered me a job so I guess they would fit me in.
Jessica chose a Dr Seuss book (with a little prompting from her mother) which is a beginners book and she read the first 3 pages to me, I nearly exploded with pride! She has been in the reading program at school for a month and I can't believe how well she is doing! We get homework every day and she always reads the books to me with little or no help, but they are really basic,the picture literally tells the story, so I was not sure as to how well she was really doing. Now I can safely say that she is well on her way to literacy.
Darota fetched me at 6 p.m and we took the kids to Applebee's, which was great, a real family restaurant and for all of us (4 kids, 2 adults) the 'check' totalled $42.00! I was home by 7:30 and the kids went straight to bed. So as you can see my weekend was not all that exciting, just very relaxing and great for the girls. Oh and just to let you know that I am still in touch with S.A sport, even though I am NOT a rugby fan, cricket for me any day, WELL DONE SPRINGBOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay now this is it and as it is 10:49 I can safely say there will be no more "quick" letters about my weekend. So until next week..........LUV YA MADLY BYE!
Nats
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