Tuesdays.........

I promised a real account of home ed,I found that most blogs were American, or a bit too fairy tale like or both.
Whilst I could take the basic principles on board I found myself wondering what happened when you had a new born cluster feeding a toddler who was having a mummy day a busy day with work,you're tired not to mention grumpy and have a child who wants to "do something"
When we first started if a day hadn't gone to plan then we'd have lots of strops and sulks I searched for advice but found it hard to get through to people that I couldn't just up and go out for a walk - people's favourite advice is go out more ! or buy .....
so what did we do? - worked through the sulks mostly and chatted lots about wants needs desires hopes and dreams of everyone - for me homeschooling was about re involving M being out all day every day I wonder if she felt a little left out these days she and D get along as well as most siblings but at first they both found each other oppressive and for a while we had to relocate to another room if I needed to do listening type work. I'm so thrilled though to see them playing together and being respectful of each other on the whole.
They love playing "buses" and "trains" they found my old train tickets and got bags and use the stairs as a platform and run round the house in different areas getting on buses and trains ( the sofa) it's hilarious to watch !
we do go out but we can't manage all day every day so, a while back I asked the local gymnastic teacher if she had space to do a specific home ed class a drop in type thing with no age restriction - she agreed and was thrilled with the response - we go every Tuesday she's doing well and earning BAGA awards.
So,Tuesdays we don't do a great deal.....
we go to the shops and buy any bits we need and have a raid of the charity shops for books mainly I can never quite believe the brilliant books we have got for 10p,50p
encyclopaedias who wants to be a millionaire junior body books how things work type books M prefers to read and do
Money is tight - that's no bad thing it's enjoyable mostly I feel it makes us appreciate things more we've had some GREAT things like craft gear to play and experiment with glass painting kits and knitting needles old clocks - to take apart and see the mechanisms
Clothes to play with - M wants to be a fashion designer so, she likes to cut up old clothes and make shapes and sew them onto her own clothes - I'm always impressed by her creativity ....
Then we come home on the bus we sometimes read a book together if it's quiet ish
other times we just natter or try to stop the baby leaping out of the wrap... whilst old ladies smile and say how cute it is!
we get home unpack have a late lunch - sometimes we pretend we are "ladies who lunch" as we gaze out to the garden
Then M plays on the laptop or plays in the garden if we've got something cool - like the ELC rocket launcher ( that is BRILLIANT!!) and we got hula hoops a few weeks back, I realised the other day we don't possess any electronic toys....
as they play I catch up with some work and Mark cooks dinner
what was I saying? .............