I was in the very unusual position of having almost a whole afternoon with just K today. A was off playing cricket as he usually does when weather allows on a Saturday afternoon and M was at a ballet show rehearsal (K decided she didn't want to take part as she doesn't like people looking at her). We popped to the shops and stopped and chatted with various people, then came home and had lunch in the garden, practising some times tables (5x which she's now pretty good at and 3x, which needs more practice) while we did so. K had her sewing stuff out first thing this morning making a pirate outfit for a teddy. It's all made out of really quite small scraps of felt that we've got left from a bundle I bought ages ago. In the morning she made the eye-patch, belt (there was a buckle in the button box - she hadn't done this in the traditional way, but when I showed her a belt and explained she saw what I meant. I don't know if she decided to alter it though) and jacket (including a press stud to enable easier taking on and off); the teddy already had a red bow round his neck. I'll try to get some photos of the individual garments tomorrow and what she made this afternoon.
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| The morning's work |
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| And some more in the afternoon |
She carried on working on that again in the afternoon, while listening to
Shakespeare without the Boring Bits (a nice change from the Famous Five!) and K has decided that although she still does not want to read or listen to the tragedies, some of the histories might be acceptable if they're not tragic, so has now listened to Henry V too.
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