Busy days & a brain

On Monday, I took K & M to a follow-up drama session to the Harry Potter one they had a while back.  They really enjoyed it and I got to have a hot chocolate and a chat with friends in a café while they did so, so great all round really!  Before we went, M finished her Ironbridge.  It was really important that she did so, I didn't realise but the reason she'd made it was as a thank you present to KL for organising the trip.  K also wanted to give her something so gave her a balloon flower that she'd made.

The finished article.

Tuesday was one of those very busy days.  It was the first Tuesday of the month, which means Fun Club and traditionally the December one is a Christmas celebration, with a talent show and a bring and share lunch.  The talent show consists of performances from anybody who would like to take part, so we had quite a few pieces played on various musical instruments, including the piano, clarinet, saxophone and recorder, several group dances and a couple of mini plays, one with puppets and one with dressing up and songs.  M had really wanted to do the puppet play that she and K did with Granny, Dino Rescue, but K doesn't like performing in public, so instead M played Deck the Halls on the piano.

One audience participation piece, by J, one of the founder members of Fun Club had us all chuckling.  It was a HE version of the 12 Days of Christmas and goes thus:

On the FIRST day of Home Ed my neighbour said to me:
"Can you do this legally?"
[last time only: "Just you wait and see!"]

On the SECOND day of Home Ed my neighbour said to me:
"Will they socialise?"

On the THIRD day of Home Ed my neighbour said to me:
"Do you give them tests?"

On the FOURTH day of Home Ed my neighbour said to me:
"What about P.E?"

On the FIFTH day of Home Ed my neighbour said to me:
"YOU ARE SO STRANGE!"

On the SIXTH day of Home Ed my neighbour said to me:
"Will they learn to read?"

On the SEVENTH day of Home Ed my neighbour said to me:
"How will you do science?"

On the EIGHTH day of Home Ed my neighbour said to me:
"Look at what they're missing"

On the NINTH day of Home Ed my neighbour said to me:
"What about school trips?"

On the TENTH day of Home Ed my neighbour said to me:
"No leavers' hoodies???"

On the ELEVENTH day of Home Ed my neighbour said to me:
"I could never do it"

On the TWELFTH day of Home Ed my neighbour said to me:
"Can they go to college?"

After Fun Club, we had the usual dash to gymnastics, followed by a dash home and then to friends', S, A & J, for playing and tea, before korfball.  So, we were in the house for about half an hour between about 9.45am and 7.15pm (just gone 6pm for me), which in terms of mess is always a good thing, as if the house is reasonably tidy it stays that way and if it isn't, at least it doesn't get any worse!

Today we had our return trip to Nottingham Uni, for K's turn to take part in a research project they are doing there.  We have confirmation that she has a brain and she told me that she saw her own brain waves, so it must work too!



We just had time to come home, have a bit of a rest and sort ourselves out before it was time to head out again, this time for swimming lessons.  It's a rather busy week this week!