Tuesday, 2 September 2014

September


I love this time of year. The smell of freshly sharpened pencils (yes that was a “You’ve Got Mail” quote). I really get the New Year feeling, must be the academic in me never letting go of the start of the school term! It’s been a part of my life for 36 years! And now...it’s going to be part of BigR’s life. Today is BigR’s last day at nursery and tomorrow afternoon she goes to school for the first time. By rights I should be at work but I’m at home as LittleR was unwell yesterday. Still the illness only last 8 hours and she was wolfing down food yesterday afternoon. Back to normal (but obeying the 48 hours illness rule).

Big R is ready for school. More than ready. She’s 5 in less than a week but...all of a sudden I am not. I think I’m mourning the loss of our flexibility more than anything. Wondering if she'll be OK (I know she will). Still I guess it’s a big change for us all. And she can’t wait to be able to read herself. So today I had a moment of what it’ll be like when the ABO is on earlies and BigR is at school. I spent the morning with LittleR and we did ‘jobs’. She’s good company! Loves pointing out babies – ‘Baby! Shhhh’ and anything emblazoned with ‘Minnie’, ‘Kitty’ or ‘Peppa’.

We went to Ikea to get a few organising bits and a chair for LittleR to (hopefully) stop the squabbling over who gets to sit on the chair. I love this time of year to clear stuff out and get stuff done. So with that in mind, I treated myself to a new notebook and some paper tapes there too (it would’ve been rude not to) but managed not to overdo it too much! We had a coffee (me) and some cucumber snacks and animal biscuits (LittleR, oh OK and me) Then, we stopped off to get some new bedding for BigR’s big girl bed.

Now LittleR is napping and when I’ve finished this I’m going to do some of the necessary domestic jobs (clear away lunch, hang out the washing, tidy up the toys again)...and arrange my dishwasher tablets into their new container. That really pleases me.



8 comments:

  1. Good luck for the big school start tomorrow! School is fun when you only just start. Hope you can keep the tears in until you leave the school.... will be thinking of you. I went to Ikea today, for a free coffee and a wee browse. There is always something you need from Ikea, isn't there? Cx

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  2. I do the same thing with my dishwasher packs. I get a weird thrill from refilling it every couple of months after I've bought a mega pack of new ones. I really enjoy reading about your girls, they both sound very sharp. Best wishes to your big one with school, I'm sure she'll do great there.

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  3. Good luck to Big R, I hope she has a blast at school. I love a new notebook too, I have a little addiction in fact. And this is a very good time of year for notebooks. CJ xx

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  4. I just put the dishwasher salt in a new (to the salt!) container today. Those things are very satisfying somehow aren't they. xx

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  5. Good luck to Big R. Children just plow on forward, don't they. They have no need to be nostalgic at their age.
    Leanne xx

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  6. I'm a great fan of decanting things into nice containers. Particularly dry foods into jars: rice, pasta etc. Although I often forget to label them and it's anyone's guess what type of sugar/flour etc they're looking at.
    I'm sure school will be fine for your little one. Primary school's a lovely time.
    S x

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  7. I hope Big R enjoyed her first day at school. I love a new notebook too. I wish we live near an Ikea. I'd be there every week! x

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  8. I hope you're still settling in ok and that BigR enjoys school. And I hope you're enjoying this new-found time to yourself to get things done. x

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