santa knows...

Yesterday James sneezed and Evie got up and got him a tissue :)

I said to Evie after that it was lovely and kind of her to do that and then she said that she had done it so that she gets lots of presents from Santa! :)

I told her that Santa knows all year round if she has been good or not :)

I think that she must have been talking to her friends about Santa :)

reading and going to the airport but not on holiday

Yesterday I was helping in class...

...I spent the morning after they had their PE session listening to some of the children reading :)

Mrs R was saying that they are having parent helpers in every day now so its hard finding things for us Mums to do :)

When I picked Evie up yesterday afternoon she told me that there was a letter in her bag about a school trip.

So I had a quick read and its going to the airport :) I was making Evie laugh by saying that all of the kids will keep asking Mr J if they are going on holiday :)

Cold enough for coats

When James left for work this morning he said that he could see his breath.

So i have Evies coat ready and because it's PE today evie is also wearing trousers.

colour in

I was walking past The Works yesterday morning, and saw some interesting colouring books :)

I ended up getting this one and then James spotted this calendar so I bought that too :)

meet the teacher

Yesterday morning we had the meet the teacher session...

...it was run by teh two year 2 teachers Mr J and Mrs K.

This term they are doing wheels, wings and other things and are watching the film Cars.

Next term they are doing fire and ice...

...for fire they are going to do a history off the page day about the Great Fire of London.

and for ice Im not quite sure what they are doing...

And then the final term it is mini beasts and they have a tip to Hyde Hall.

with questions at the end it went on for 40 minutes and I got home just after 10 :)

The engineer turned up just after 1 pm, so our boiler is all fixed for the time being :)

cutting and sticking and fire drill

Yesterday while helping in class I was cutting out photos of the kids doing number place values :)

I had to glue a photo into every childs maths book and then cut out the remaining photos too to be put around the classroom :)

There was also a fire drill too and Evie held my hand when we were walking onto the school field :)

This morning I have meet the teacher at Evies school - tehy tell us what things they will be learning and stuff like that :)

Its at 9 this morning so I will rush back after for the engineer!

a boiler service too far

At teh end of last week we realised that our pump (in the airing cupboard) had a leak...

...so as we are part of Homecare we booked for an engineer to come and also to do our annual service.

The appointment was booked for between 10 am and 2 pm - he arrived at 10 am (so that was good.

He loked at the pump and told me it was going to be a big job (he wasnt kidding it took him an hour and a half).

He then did the boiler service and kept on saying about how old it was and that we were living on borrowed time etc... and there are only 2 parts that are still available for it.

he had to turn the power off and when he had finished he said he didnt want to do any extra fiddling as it was so old,

It passed all its tests :) but then when he turned it all back on one of the lights wasnt on...

...it now needs a new PCB and typically he didnt have the right one on his van.

So he is coming back tomorrow to fit the new part (I have meet the teacher first thing in the morning so will rush back once that has finished,

Mrs B still off sick

On Thursday we got a letter about the schools therapy referral and attached is a form to be completed by the school and ourselves ... (within 10 days of the date of the letter)

When I went to pick Evie up (the teaching assistant was on the door letting the kids out) and  I checked in her bag to see if there was any update on Mrs B coming back, she has now been signed off until the October half term!

So I spoke to Mr J and he said that the letter would be addressed to Mrs B, so if I can bring in the letter and then he can (along with Miss B (who wanted the initial referral)) can complete the form and we will complete a copy too.

Hopefully they will come to the conclusion that there is nothing physically wrong with her once and for all :)

sticking cutting and reading

Yesterday was my first morning of helping in year 2 :)

I started off by sticking Maths work in their books, it looks like there is a group of 6 kids (including Evie that the teaching assistant was helping).

And geography work (they had to label parts of Great Britain).

I had to cut out the cars they decorated for their Summer homework.

And I read with M, L & J :)

So it was a good morning :)

she should be a contestant

I was just looking at the latest new on Im a Celebrity and it says that Holly Willoughby will be joining Declan Donnelly presenting the show.

I have to say I would much rather have seen her as a contestant :)

I ballsed that one up :)

After telling Mrs B at the open evening that I would like to continue helping on a Wednesday morning  I thought that I had better check what day PE is normally as that is more than likely when she will have her swimming lesson...

...I was relieved when I checked the school website that it said Tuesdays and Thursdays

...I know that Evie wont let me put her swimming cap on and a couple of the other girls have really long hair.

Yesterday looking in Evies book bag I saw that there was a new home/school record book and inside it said about when homework is and when PE is...

...indoor PE is now going to be on a Wednesday morning so I may end up having to help with swimming after all! :)

new cables more bolts and up higher

On Sunday evening I got a phone call from the sky engineer saying that he would arrive between 11.30 and 1.30 yesterday.

I then got a text at 12.40 saying that he would arrive between 1.10 and 2.10 so I texted back asking to make it nearer to 1.10 as I had the school run to do :)

He arrived at about 1.40 :)

I explained that we didnt have a satellite signal but it was working again and he checked the cables and they were ok...

...he then said that as they were ok it made his job harder to pinpoint the problem, I also told him that the dish had been moved as there had been a "line off sight" issue.

He then looked at the dish after putting on all of his protective gear.  He told me that the pole that the dish was on only had 2 bolts in rather than 4.

He then replaced the cable and moved the dish up higher to eliminate any tree issues and fitted the pole with 4 bolts.

And I have his number in case i get any more issues in the next 30 days :)

Hopefully we are all good now :)

helping Wednesday again

When I picked Evie up from school on Friday I mentioned to Mr J that I said that I would help Wednesday mornings and would he prefer me to wait for Mrs B to return or would he like me to start helping from Wednesday? He said that it was upto me :)

So wanting to see what Evie gets upto in class I said that I would like to come in Wednesday :)

first day back

I dropped Evie off at school and waved her off watching her walk across the playground with no tears from either of us :)

When it came o pick up time I walked around to her new classroom (it was weird walking past her old one and seeing the reception kids Mums waiting outside Miss B's class), I didnt see Mrs B letting the children out but a man!

Evie came out and I had a look in her bag and saw that there was a letter saying that Mrs B was signed off work until the middle of next week and the man was Mr J.

Evie said he was nice.

She enjoyed her first day back she that was good too and even had a sticker for waiting in line quietly :)

all ready for school

Up and ready

Today is evies first day back at school and her first day in year 2!

I cant believe she is in year 2 already :)

I will do a photo of her in her school uniform later :)

I have booked her lunches and her bags are ready by the front door.

I just have to do her water bottle now.

another engineer visit

I switched on sky this morning and we have no satellite signal!

I have an engineer coming on Monday...

the appointment

On Thursday we had Evies appointment with the pediatrician...

...one of the "receptionists" came in with usand sat chatting to Evie whilst me & James talked to the doctor answering her questions.

Yjeu then weighed and measured Evie and got her to jump and run adn lie on teh couch while the doctor tested her muscle strength :)

The upshot is that htere is nothing wrong developmental wise (which we already knew) and she said that she was going to (put as nicely (without telling them the school what to do) advise them that they will have to bring in their own person if they think that she has a learning difficulty).

She is going to send us a copy of the report that she is sending to the school.

I was back at work today and that went alright too :)