lets look at the next page!

Yesterday when I picked Evie up her teacher reminded us of the book look...

...as I knew that Evie would not want to come out of the playground if we had gone there she just had a run around on the grass in the school grounds :)

When we could go in she clearly didnt want to go in but she followed me in anyway :)

We found her books and then found somewhere to sit down...

...everytime I tried to read a page she kept on saying "lets look at the next page"...

...there was some new stuff in there which was good :)

She even had a fourth book (but I cant remember what it was).

after school book look

Tonight after school they have a book look where the children can show off their work :)

It is on from 15.30 to 16.30 so its too early for both parents to see it (which is a shame).

Her school holds these in the half terms that there isnt a parents evening :)  the teachers arent present though so there isnt any discussing anything.

So our plan is to go to the playground inbetween school and home and Evie can have a short play and then we will go back to school and we can look at her work together :)

I have explained it to Evie but no doubt she will still want to have a longer play in the playground.

party yesterday

Yesterday Evie went to a birthday party :)

She had a much better time than the last one she went to and was dancing more and was joining in the games :)

When we got there she was even holding hands and running around with "J" :)

I also weighed myself on Saturday and have lost another 2 lbs - so that 21 lbs in total or 1 and a half stones :)

a proud "mum"my

Yesterday after her bath Evie was doing some drawing....

...I saw her drawing someone with big purple eyes so I asked Evie if it was me and she said yes, and then she started to draw a smaller person so I asked her if it was her and she said yes...

then she said that she would write "Evie" and she did in a roundabout way and then she surprised me by writing "Mum" :)

Im even smiling :)

so I did her a wow star too :)

talking and reading

Last night was the literacy evening at Evies school...

...it was good it started with a presentation with another presentation in teh middle and another one at the end...

...inbetween there were activities :)

there was role playing where her teacher dressed up like Goldilocks and she talked about herself and we were invited to ask her questions  - I asked her "what is your favourite topping to have on your porridge?" and she said she "loved jam especially strawberry jam!" :).

another one was describing an animal on a farm and then the other person had to guess what it was.

another one was breaking down the words into separate phonies (dont know if that is the correct spelling or not) such us f-i-sh :)

Another one was reading books without words - to enable the child to look at the pictures (rather than worry about the words) and to guess what will happen next.

Another one was to do with letters and how they sing songs with the sounds in and practice different ways of writing the letters.

But the main thing was to read to/with Evie and do lots of talking :)

It was really good :)

literacy evening tonight

Tonight at Evies school I have a literacy evening to go to...

..its 7pm to 9pm (so Im going to miss giving Evie her kiss and cuddle at bedtime).

We are learning how they teach phonics so we can do them at home too :)

I will have to make sure I have my dinner early too otherwise I will be grumpy if Im hungry in there :)

no shushing

The library job that I applied for closed on Sunday, so yesterday I kept my phone with me all day (just in case they called to offer me an interview), but nothing.

Then yesterday after I picked Evie up from school my phone pinged and it was an e-mail saying "I hadnt been shortlisted" oh well...

I asked Ecie whet she did with Sidney at school and she said she "didnt know" I suppose it makes a change from her usual answer of "everything" :)

he will be looked after

On Friday when I picked Evie up from school Mr F said that the children have to bring in their favourite teddy bear and "not to worry, they will be looked after" :)

So I told Evie this when we got home and she is going to bring Sidney (her monkey hand puppet).

I have explained to her again this morning that she can only bring him in today and that he will have to stay at home with me tomorrow.

Last time she was able to take him in it was a comfort thing, and she was so brave the day that she wasnt allowed to bring him in (it still makes me feel upset that she was struggling so much).

no toads

Ever since Evie has been having school dinners she has started to like yorkshire puddings...

...so I bought her some and she has had one each night with her dinner....

...and as she likes sausages and bacon, last night I did her some pigs in blankets (ready made) especially as they are everywhere for the run up to Christmas :)

So yesterday (as we were going food shopping) I asked Evie if she would like to try a toad in the hole and she looked at me in disgust and said that she doesnt want to eat a toad :)

So after some reassurance and explaining its just a silly name and its actually sausage in yorkshire pudding and showing her a packet of it she said that she will try it :).

flamingo dress

At Evies school for Children in Need the theme is to wear something spotty :)

So I trawled through Evies stuff and found a flamenco dress that we bought her on holiday a couple of years ago.

She has been telling me that she has been telling people that she is going to wear a flamingo dress :)

so here she is in her flamingo dress :)

ole :)

double up wisdom

Yesterday in Sainsburys their double up promotion started...

..as the deal includes clothing and toys I decided to make use of it :)

As I have started applying for jobs I thought I should get an interview outfit, so I got this blouse and trousers.

I also looked at the toys for presents for my antenatal friends kids parties and got a couple of these :)

So not only did I not spend any proper money I also got them for half price :)

still in the bag

Yesterday I was looking forward to getting some more rsvps (and more mobile Mums numbers) from Evies birthday party invites.

I looked in her bookbag when we got home and not only were her invites still in there but also her book hadnt been changed (despite being read three times over the weekend).

When she goes in today I will mention to her teacher (or whoever is on the door) about the invites, I know they went into her bag because there was a coloured in teddy shape in there.

The next day for them to change her book is Wednesday, so hopefully she will get a new book then.

school invites

After chasing up the remaining friends who hadnt rsvp'd I now know how many from Evies class I can invite...

...I have gone for her two friends in her class and a girl who has taken her "under her wing" as Mr F put it, and a boy who she plays with in the playground (when we walk home from school) and another boy whose Mum works for Starbucks :)

I have given them until 1st December to come back to me and it then gives me a few more days if I need to invite anyone else :)

six in four

As I had a few calorific things I decided to forego weighing myself a couple of weeks ago and finally weighed myself yesterday...

I was hoping for four pounds but would have been happy with two, but was well surprised that I had lost six pounds...

...so that is 19 pounds in total or one stone five pounds in 12 weeks :)

I have applied for another job in a library of all places :) so sssshhhhhhhh :)

Hats

As its chilly today me and Evie are going to wear our hats :)

tutt tutt jeans and pjs

Yesterday when I picked Evie up from school her teacher said that now the kiddies are bringing home books we should record that they have read it twice before they will change the book on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays - so I told him that Evie had read her book so it would be changed :)

As it has been getting colder (together with my weightloss) I have started to feel colder during the day so I decided to treat myself to some pjs and as I had a points voucher if I spent over £25.

I found some nice pjs, so I looked in the kids clothes to see if there was anything to buy for Evie but nothing shouted out to me, so I went back to the ladies and looked at jeans...

...I found some the question was what size to get so I went for the size 16  (the pjs were size 18), amd when I got home they fitted perfectly :)

wordless story book

Yesterday Evie bought home her first story book (it is wordless) :)

the old man is growing his turnips

he cant pull the turnip up, so his wife tries to help

and the kids try too

and the dog and the cat

and the mouse

theyve done it :)

proper homework to do

During half term week we were given proper homework to do (it was finding things with the letters Evie had previously learned and drawing them or cutting out pictures and glueing them to the sheet of paper).

When I opened her book bag on Friday there is another homework sheet - this time we have to find things beginning with i and n and some words to practice with actions too :)

mum made me laugh the most :)

a coat with pockets

I have been on the lookout for a new coat (James is using the cheap one he got me in Aldi the other year).

After not finding one (in my size) that I liked in Sainsburys I had a look in Primark I saw a coat that was ok but it didnt have real pockets - it just had the flaps but not a pocket!

I then looked in Asda I didnt find the coat I exactly wanted but I did get one that was cheap and it does have pockets :)

road safety walk

Today me & Evie have a road safety walk to go on.

I have to go to her school and a group of parents and children get spoken to about road safety :)

I just hope that Evie isnt too annoyed that it wont be going home time when I arrive :)

Singing and tears

This morning on our way to school Evie was singing "were going to big school" all the way there.

I thought great she is obviously really enjoying it now :)

Then just before going into her classroom she was queuing and I could tell that she was getting tearful, so I asked her what was wrong and she said "I'm alright" so I have told her teacher and he said that he will have a chat with her :)

I think it must be catching as "f" didn't want to go in and a boy was being very vocal too in miss S's class.