Just a quick post before I take the kids out for a walk to the sweet shop. As mentioned in the last post, my wife and I went to a math's evening at my daughters school on Wednesday with games on how to make maths fun. So yesterday, before I went to work, we played a game of ticks and crosses. Using some dice that I use for roleplaying (a d4 and a d6), she would roll the dice, write the numbers and add them together.
She was very proud to get so many ticks. And if you are wondering about the title of the post, it refers to Po, one of the Tellytubbies.
Well, let me start with my rant on politics. I would have posted sooner, but I forgot how to add pictures onto my blog. But that has changed and now I can have my rant on politics.
Well, a lot has happened since I last made a post. Most recently, the government has made loads of cuts. They want to encourage people to find work, and have done so by making plans to sack loads of people.
And in addition to that, the UK is now to build an aircraft carrier without any planes! Not that it makes sense to me.
But then I am not as clever as they are.
I almost feel sorry for the Liberal Democrats. So many promises made, and so many broken!
They gained loads of votes from people who would have voted labour. Students for example who did not want to pay fees.
And for some strange reason, I do not see many of those students voting for them come the next election. And if crime goes up, I see the Conservatives being screwed.
And considering that they are going to cut funding to both the police and prisons, hmm....
Anyway, back to the kids. My daughter had her birthday on Monday. My side of the family came up on Sunday and spent time with her which she loved, then not only did she let people know about her birthday at school on Monday, but my in-laws came up and picked her up from school! It was a great two days for her. A day at Build-A-Bear where she got to build a bear. A purple one, which she named Purple! And then on to the Early Learning Centre where she got toys for her fairy castle.
Come Wednesday, I got back from work to put the kids to bed. There was a maths evening at her school to which parents were invited to learn how to encourage getting kids to learn maths. So my mother-in-law came up to babysit and then we got the kids ready for bed. Just as we were about to go, my son did an Exorcist and then my daughter hearing her brother cry (and after being told by the mother-in-law that we were about to leave) burst out in tears. Needless to say we were a bit late. Anyway, time to go. Arsenal are to play Man City today and I am hoping we get to win.
A blonde and a brunette were hanging off of a bridge. A boy had to pick which one to save. He said that he picked the blonde, so she clapped.
My mate said to me, "Can you give me a bed for the night?"
I said, "Yes, but you'll have to bring it back in the morning."
My daughter is five. I had intended to go to work early, but did not and instead was able to wake her up, sing happy birthday to her and watch her open her present. Jessie from Toy Story. She loved it and took her cowgirl doll into school. What amazed me more was that the doll came back intact! My son has Woody already and now loves him more now that his sister has Jessie. Ideally he would love Buzz, but he has to wait till Christmas to be surprised when he gets his own spaceranger!
Good night to any who read this. Time for me to get some kip.
Today is the last day that my daughter will be four.
Sad. Well, that is how I feel. Silly really. But she should enjoy tomorrow. And I hope she does not only enjoy that day, but I want her to enjoy many other birthdays to come.
And while I love her and want her to grow, I miss the vast amount of time that I do not get to spend with her, her brother, and her mother.
Evening all. Hope you all are well. Have just been to my mothers and met up with my brothers there. Of course, the kids loved seeing my mother. One of my brothers was ill so did not want to hug the kids, and my daughter refused to go near the bearded one as she gets nervous around him. Anyway am now at the in-laws. Relaxing with the papers while the kids run wild picking fruit in the garden.
Evening all. First of all, it is my youngest brothers birthday. I got the kids to sing happy birthday to him and e-mailed the video to him (and others in the family).
I was woken up at four in the morning when my daughter was coughing. Unfortunately I was not able to get back to sleep. So what am I doing? I am watching The Apprentice. I will be going back to sleep soon though. Back to my daughter, she is still is coughing, as I type. And today she also has a hoarse voice. She was not able to go to school, and at this rate, probably will not be going in tomorrow either. My son is well, which is surprising as he is normally the ill one out of the two. Hopefully he will not be too ill and she will get better soon. And I will get some sleep.
British Golfing Terminology
1 A "Paris Hilton" - an expensive hole
2 A "Dennis Wise" - a nasty 5 footer
3 A "Salman Rushdie" - an impossible read
4 A "Rock Hudson" - looked straight, but it wasn't
5 A "Cuban" - needed one more revolution
6 An "Adolf Hitler" - two shots in the bunker
7 A "Saddam Hussein" - from one bunker straight into another
8 A "Yasser Arafat" - ugly and in the sand
9 A "Kate Winslett" - little bit fat but otherwise perfect
10 A "Liz McColgan" - Ugly but runs forever
11 A "Glen Miller" - didn't make it over the water
12 An "Arthur Scargill" - a great strike but a poor result
13 A "Russell Grant" - a fat iron
14 A "Rodney King" - over-clubbed
15 An "OJ Simpson" - got away with it
16 A "Princess Grace" - should have taken a driver
17 A "Princess Di" - shouldn't have taken a driver
18 A "Robin Cook" - just died on the hill
19 A "Michael Jackson" - gradually fading
20 A "Douglas Bader" - looked good in the air, but didn't have the legs
21 A "Ken Livingstone" - quite far left
22 A "Jean-Marie LePen" - a long way right
23 A "Ladyboy" - looks like an easy hole but all is not what it seems
24 A "condom" - safe but didn't feel real good
25 A "circus tent" - a BIG top
26 An "Anna Kournikova" - looks great, but unlikely to get a result
27 A "Vinnie Jones" - nasty kick when you're not expecting it
Comments from the teacher made yesterday in my daughters reading record - Kipper's diary - explained what a diary was. Read well. (?slowed?) a bit on days of the week Monty and the Ghost Train - read very well indeed Naughty Joe - read well starting to tire so will read again tomorrow
