Sorry most posts seem to begin with the same words but... Today I'm thankful for.. my 2 year old having a fun morning out at a lovely park with my mum while I had a nice morning in school doing things such as chatting with 6 year olds about how confusing it is that 'blue' isn't spelt 'blew' or 'bloo', spinning and twirling with 4 and 5 year olds to some classical music and singing Away in a Manger getting faster and slower depending on where I held my hand :) The puppets didn't go down so well (or perhaps it would be more accurate to say they went down too well..) so I moved on fairly speedily from them in the end! Also enjoyed extended playtime with reception as ever :) Thankful for all these things :)
For stealing a bit of book-time while 2 year old slept at lunchtime. For getting some housework in with him this afternoon. For a calm time at my parents' after school while 2 year old had a bath and 5 yr old played happily with his knights and castle (which we built there and I'm not sure how I'm going to transport it back to our house now becasue it's pretty sizeable..). For the yummy meatballs we had there and the fact there are enough left over for 5 yr old's lunch tomorrow :) For the children getting to sleep without it being unbearably stressful - I managed to keep my cool through the hyperactive slot (thank you God!) which seems to have appeared this week between teatime and bed..
I'm planning on introducing a quiet, concentration-requiring activity time in this slot because it seems to be needed to help them wind down rather than up. A friend this week suggested blue playdough with lavender essential oil in it - certainly sounds therapeutic to me :)
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