Thursday 29th January

Alice and me met Sam after school and went to feed the ducks at Woodford Park. It was freezing but the ducks were very pleased to see us - or at least our bread! We saw Sam's teacher running in the park leading the cross country running club.

Wednesday 28th January

Emily 11th Birthday

Happy Birthday Cath day! And only one more sleep till Emily's birthday. I think Emily might burst with excitement. Today Alice and me made a froggy birthday cake for Emily as she is into frogs at the moment. When Emily came home from school she put the finishing touches to it doing the eyes and mouth with icing.

Today was sort out the wardrobe day. Inevitably this involved making a lot of mess in the process. Here is a pic of the clothes mountain. The result ws 7 bin bags of clothes for the charity shop and lots being chucked out. Now that's better!

Saturday 24th Jan

Emily was worried about Amber being lonely since Heather died. She has been giving her lots of attention and built this den for her.

I went to Reading today to buy Emily's birthday presents. This flower stall was a splash of colour on an otherwise grey and gloomy day.

Thursday 23rd January

Hooray! i have brought my blog up to date at last. Today's photo shows Alice with her first reading book. The teacher put her straight on to book with words - albeit 3 words which repeat a lot!

We are also growing a hyacinth from a bulb. Alice took the photo to show the roots getting very long. The plant is just shooting too. hopefully it will flower for Alice's birthday.

Wednesday 21st January

Today was the Governor's tea Party which we host annually in our appreciation of the teaching staff. They come after school and the governors serve them drinks and cake and we all have a chat. It went swimmingly and for the first time ever my scones turned out beautifully.

Tuesday 20th January

The day that could change the world

Monday 19th January

Everyone was poorly so here they are doing the Terrible Tudors jigsaw for gentle activity!

Sunday 18th Jan

Took girls to Reading while Simon recovered from flu and jet lag in bed. Alice loved this merry go round set up in Broad Street to irritate parents trying to shop.

Saturday 17th January
Today disappeared into the ether with no photo I'm afraid.

Friday 16th January

Today was Daddy comes home day! Simon came back from Las Vegas but sadly had jet lag and flu and went to bed :-( The photo is of Pip the hairy and most adored hamster.

Thurs 15th Jan

Today was a poorly day at the Sherratt house. Alice and I had a tummy bug. Emily went to school with Lauren. At least the white pansies in the hanging basket were looking a bit healthier today.

It's really damp and foggy today but the girls wanted to walk to school, so we did. Or rather I walked, Alice scootered adn Em roller bladed.

Tuesday 13th January 2009

Mum went home today. Emily had a netball match after school against Woodley C of E. She played well.

Sunday 11th January

Took Alice to Jack's 5th Birthday party at Monkey Mates. Emily stayed at home and baked fairy cakes with nana. We had tea at Frankie and Benny's.

Saturday 10th January

A dull, cold day. Emily went to see Bedtime Stories at the cinema with Lauren.

Friday 9th January

Simon went to Las Vegas today for his IEEE conference. Mum has come to stay for a few days while he is away. We went up to the shops in Woodley after school and bumped into Claire and Sam. Sam and Alice were excited to show each other their new uniforms. Bless.

Thursday 8th January

Alice was chuffed today as it was her turn to bring the class toy doggy home. Scamp played with her ans she wrote about him in the book with Emily.

It has been so cold and Jack frost has seen of my nice flowers. They look very sad now:-(

Alice's First Day at School! There was great excitement this morning and the girls were up and dressed by 7.15am. Emily was very helpful in getting Alice ready and accompanied us to Alice's new classsroom.

Today was spent preparing for going back to school. The girls and me went looking for black pumps for Alice (I'm sure it wasn't so difficult in my day!) . Em treated Alice to a packet of felt tips as a starting school present, then sewed the name tapes into Alice's uniform for me. Emily is very proud of Alice starting school.

Today is a sad day at our house becasue Heather, one of our bunnies died. So today I have cheated and posted an old photo from the day we got her. R.I.P Heather bunny. We won't forget you. xxxxx

It was a beatuiful bright but very cold day today. We had a lovely family walk at Henley. Emily roller bladed and managed not to fall in the Thames. I was looking hot in this burglar's hat and had to keep fending off admirers.

Alice and me met up with some pre-school friends at Monkey Mates. The kids all wanted to play outside in spite of the cold.

Later on Chris and June visited us for a meal while they are over from Germany.