Back to school

It's taller than Miss A!

In our case, not so much back to school as starting school. But there is a certain familiarity about September, and a new term, and getting back into a routine which suits us all. I have been so impressed by Miss A's enthusiasm for her new school and really hope it continues. She has managed PE, eating her lunch, remembering to bring her books home to read, learning the names of her new friends in the class, she chose something for 'show and tell', and is now confidently going in by herself each morning. Yesterday apparently she was Class Monitor. She'll have them organised in no time. At the end of school she came out wearing her swimming goggles (from show and tell) as she'd run out of hands. She looked very funny.

Meanwhile Miss I has been making the most of the peace and quiet. We have tidied the house which was looking a bit worse for wear of 6 weeks holiday. Yesterday we returned to our normal Monday morning playgroup and lunch with J and S. It was so quiet!! It's so wonderful when she has a good long sleep at home and I can actually get caught up on things.

Good things about this week:
It's sunny again.
The plums are finally ripening on our tree so we can share them with the neighbours.
I almost have a social life again! Last week I went to one of the Transition Chichester Eco-cinema talks to hear Nicola Peel speak, and on Wednesday it was the first meeting for Arun Speakers. On Sunday we went to see Alpha Papa, and on Thursday we're off to the Festival Theatre to see Neville's Island. This season of films at New Park looks like one of the best ever. I plan to be there a lot on the darker evenings.

Not so good things about this week:
Miss A has already ruined one of her new polo shirts with some unidentified orange stain. It hasn't come out in the wash. Oops. We've also lost one of her new socks. And a water bottle.
The smoke alarm battery went off at 2am last night. Because it's linked to the mains, it keeps beeping and getting louder and louder until you change it. It's very persistent. The girls slept through it.
Miss I is teething with her two top front teeth. We've seen each other a lot at night.
Miss A hoovered up her new school hair ribbons. Cue tears. Fortunately Daddy was able to persuade the hoover to return the ribbons to their rightful owner.