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Asha slept well last night, which has made this morning far easier for me. I was left praying last night as I was so exhausted, that she would sleep and she did… I am not religious.. but just in case.. THANKYOU GOD! – manners never cost anything do they

Anyway, I have packed Asha and Steve off with J to CLAS. Thanks J. Has any ever told you your a hugh STAR. And although I have know you less than a year your also probably one of my best friends now as well! – now is this a good thing????

So I was back home for around 12. and have washed the few dishes in the kitchen, cleaned the cat tray. Made a coffee. Realised i need to make those phone calls, and made a coffee.

However I am meant to be sleeping.. Cant you tell!

On leaving Asha at J’s today I told her I am going now, and that I love her.. her reply. “GOOD” now is that good that i love her, or good that i was going? Anyway a moment later she ran to me for a kiss.. then went off again. I love my little daughter, she is sooo content!

right I am now having a drink, then making those phone calls. I am sure Asha and Steve will be loving CLAS by now, and hopefully R and her children from Gymnastics will find the hall as well!

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Every night this week they have kept Asha awake. I am now really starting to get annoyed with them.

Anyway today we had a lazy day. I didnt get much sleep lastnight, so didnt make it over to Fords again, or to swimming in portmadog.

We did eventually get to Pwhelli this afternoon however to get some jobs done we were going to do on Thursday. This leaves Thursday nicely clear for us, which is great. As I hope to pick some boxes up tomorrow, and pack them. and then do some more on Thursday.. We may do a trip through to Bangor on Thursday to sign paperwork as well… No us excited.. really…

Asha has played outside.. done some maths with daddy, and drawn a lovely picture today for me. She also sat and watched the roal dahl video with me again, played with her teddys, been out for lunch, and chosen which items to buy for ff for her birthday. Only home edd kids at age 10 would want plates wouldnt they!… O.k. not quite “plates” but willow patten plates, cos they collect them!

Oh well thats sorted, so hopefully now, all we have to do is wrap them, make lunch for S and A tomorrow, and I can get to bed soon, as i am sitting here exhausted.

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Yes, I know I havent been very good lately at providing a running commentry again of our day.  why? Apart from the fact i feel awfull, Asha has been doing so much, and I just havent felt like spending time on the computer.

Anyway some fun things she has done:

Fungal forrage with friends at Moleci.

Swimming with friends at Portmadog.

A day at the beach – yes the second week in October! at Dinas.

Dutch Pancakes at a Tea Room near Snowdon.

A go on go-carts at parc Glasfryn.

Ride on her bike and on scooters in the road.

A trip to the play ground with J from CLAS.

A play date with R and A. – water bombs made, cutting out of words done.

A play date with T and R.G fed the ducks, and played with their dog.

Watched the Steam Train in Caernarfon.

Made bread rolls, very successfull they were as well!

Done more glass painting.

Completed a painting by numbers she started in August.

Plus so many other things, like swimming lessons, gymnastics, learning welsh, and being able to write her own name. Asha also drew a lovely picture of her daddy helping her to roller skate. She started wth the boots, drew her legs, then her body and arms and head, then she drew daddy.

Book wise, she has completed Toms Midnight Garden, and has been loveing the Medici Chidrens books lately. Not really wanting any other books to be read to her. I cant blame her really the stories are so gentle, and the illustrations so peacefull, they are a great bedtime story!

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I cant seem to find the energy or inclination right now to blog. I think i am just in soo much pain and Soo tired.

Asha is still loveing Gymnastics.

She is also enjoying her swimming lessons, especially now we have changed pools.

She is doing a week long course during half term as well. Its every morning but as I am paying for her lessons and this week is free! I thought.. Why not. Plus it will tire her out for the week, and as no one needs to go into the pool with her I wont be as exhausted!

She is still doing swimming with home edd friends on a Tuesday as well, which she loves.

She spent a day at the beach on Monday – Its mid october!

She is desperate to go back to Gwerin. I think we will try for January. Hopefully she will be over the food problems by then and I will feel stroger.

Steve is still looking for suitable work… He would like to be off benefits. Our OU course materials have arrived for L196- they look good.

I feel crap. I look crap, my balance is crap.

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My thanks to A, for this. Sorry i dont know the source of it, but we did it at CLAS today and the kids love it!

5 Min Chocolate Mug Cake

1. coffee mug

4 tbsp plain flour.  (it works fine with gluten free)

4 tbsp sugar

2 tbsp baking cocoa (i think we used less in the group)

1 egg

3 tbsp milk  (I used soya with Asha)

3 tbsp oil

3 tbsp chocolate chips (optional)

small splash of vanilla.

Add dry ingredients to mug and mix well.

Add egg and mix thoroughly.

Pour in milk and oil and mix again

Add chocolate chips if using and vanilla, and mix again

put mug in microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.

The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but dont be alarmed.

Allow to cool a little and tip out onto a plate.

Eat.

I reckon it would be great cut into slices, then turned into a yule log or caterpillar.. It certainly tastes o.k. and the home edd kids LOVED making it today!

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It is boring, I am sat, with another two mums in a helicopter, bored. Steve is wandering around trying to find something to amuse himself and one of the other parents. The kids? Running around the air museum jumping in and out of aeroplanes and pretending they are in fact in the middle of this terrible war!

I was always told that museums were for older people. In fact i have realised that museums are for those interested in what the museum is showing, or in the case of the air museum in caernarfon. Its fantastic for a group of home edd kids

Vicki xx

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During our last home edd camp we made some ruler boomerangs.

Now I am going to try and explain this to you.

needed:

30 cm ruler.

cardboard

double sided sticky tape.

sticky paper and stuff to decorate

space to try it out

What to do:

draw around the ruler four times so you end up with 4 strips of cardboard.

using double sided sticky tape stick two peices together ontop of each other.

using tape again, sandwhich this peice between the other two, forming an x shape.

Decorate. Use as a traditional boomerang, experiement with the throw and if necessary curve the card a bit. But they do work.

I will try and get a picture of Asha’s up some time soon

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Yes, but its 6 am Asha!

Anyway, we got up.. i got up later than 6 though.. and we packed and we went to anglsey, and we unpacked and I came home and Steve and Asha had a great time.

Next day I returned as i felt so incompetent at home.

Asha made a lovely fairy, and I will try and get a photo of it up, and it rained, and rained all day :d

The woodburner kept us all warm though!

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Because everyone was getting ready for the camp.; We were invited around to J’s for CLAS this week.

Asha enjoyed playing with the kids. I enjoyed a drink of coffee and Steve took K to the shops.. or did K take Steve, we will never know.

Evening was bed early,, and packing? Oh we will do that tomorrow.

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Late morning for mummy, but Daddy and Asha were up and about early.

When mummy got up, she made a few phone calls and then we all got ready for our CLAS activity. This week we were once more on the beach at DINAS.. Paradise for mummy, as it was so near!

Asha had a great time, she loves playing with T, T, R and J. Asha also had a go at climbing the rocks today, I think with a few more weeks of practice the rocks will no longer be a barrier for her. This I am pleased about.

It was also great to see A and for her to share her delightfull tales of Pink Champagne and Salmon!

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Asha and mummy went to Piggery Pottery this morning, near Cwm Y Glo.

Umm. The play area is currently out of use, so that was a disapoitment, but we went to llanberis for that instead.

It cost £4.50 to buy a pig to paint. Then you pay £1 to paint.

So that was £5.50 to paint a pig which I can buy 6 for £7.58  bakerross

Umm.. Will i be going again? Probably, as Asha enjoyed it.. but value for money? I dont feel it is. If the Play area had been working, and she had been offered the chance to paint a stone or do the pottery wheel I may be more positive about it, but we wernt.

The staff however on the whole were very friendly and helpfull. The cafe was clean and the coffee was o.k.

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Yes, it was cold, yes it did rain, yes we are insane…BUT we all really had a good time today!

6 home edd families, 20 plus kids, sea, sand beach toys and food… We all had coats and chairs, Windbreaks were up, and the kids were really happy.

Holes were dug, costumes worn, sand eaten, and few if any tears… other than when leaving!

Wonderfull.

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After a rather late start we went to Stone Science today on Anglesey. On the way we picked up two of the home edders, it seems daft us all driving, and headed into the show ground crowds. luckily we seem to have missed most of them.

We had a lovely day, looking around the museum, which whilst not hugh was very hands on, and impressive. The children even did rubbings from some of the stones, which was lovely to see!

Some of the older children drew diagrams of the different dinosaurs, and I am sure we will return in the next few weeks to follow up on what we learnt.

After seeing all the bits and peices,, we then played in the gardens, on the swings, picnic’d and watched the rabbits and hens.

The children played around the hut, and the shop was full of interesting books and items.

Wonderful day out. Tired Asha.

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Bodnant Gardens Web Site.

Everyone has always told me how fantastic they are, but to be honest:-

Disabled Parking, used by anyone who thinks they are disabled, no badges in site. I had to park somewhere else then move.

Wheelchair access diabolical and no signage for alternative routes.

Food provision for an Asha – fruit salad, out of a tin.. It “should” be o.k.

The producation by The Chapter House Theater group, was o.k., but i wish it had said in its blurb it was aimed at 4 – 8 year olds, and not sold as an outdoor production of sleeping beauty.. It was slightly confusing, I wish they had omitted the stork and the baby bit, and it took me about 3/4 of it to actually enjoy it.

Asha however loved it.

PDF file on Bodnant Garden and Estate

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I have added a gallery from the CLAS camp last week. Link

I also noticed that the galleries weren’t working, preumably since the last update. They are now fixed.

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After a week, nearly of incessent pain on mummys front. Very little sleep for Daddy, and Asha waking up most nights either crying due to cramp, or nightmares, we called it a day today.

Camp has been wonderfull, but we are all suffering too much. Mummy can hardly walk again. Asha now has a snotty nose. and daddy is rather bad tempered. The kids and other parents have been great. The hosts have been truly angels, in what they have done for us. And I am greatfull for all the help and support. But I am suffereing.

So what did we do today?

got up. Steve and Asha had breakfast, I cant face it at the moment. I had cake later!
Slowly packed up, sorting out the washing, and things on the way. Asha fell asleep on Daddy for a while. She also couldnt stand up on the trampoline, her poor legs are that tired.

We sat and talked a lot, as none of us have a rush in us!. Steve played with the kids, and I pottered a bit. Eventually we got everything in the car, and went and dropped off some clothes someone had left by mistake, on the way home. We also opted for tea at petes eats, as we realised we had nothing in, and I couldnt face a shop!

Exhausted we got home. Asha had first bath, then spent two hours fighting sleep.. The silly girl.

Night all!

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Mummy suffered today, so she spent most of the day in bed, whilst daddy looked after Asha and Mummy with a load of help off the others.

Mummy has very little idea of what happened today. However mummy did make some creams with Asha and we did enjoy making them. I had just woken up, and went looking for everyone.

After that, I read to Asha and she went to bed fairly early tonight.

Making creams and tinctures, is certainly fun!.. great workshop, and all the kids loved it, old and young!

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And today its rocket making..

Plastic bottle, cork, one bycle inner tube, and a small valve. Wow the effects were fantastic.

the kids loved them, the older kids. thought they were brilliant, and all the kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

At night, we had a communal food, which we got to late, as we had to nip home to feed the cat. We did however stay up far too late, and have a great evening.

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Along with all the unstructured and just home play things which were going on, one of the mums had made a play up with the costumes which were there.

They included things like space suits, princess costumes, and animal costumes.

Most of the children got involved, but Asha didnt want to. She tends to shy away from doing things in large groups, and I am reluctant to force her.

Anyway, when I asked her if she wanted to do the play, she replied. “no, because if i am in it, I cant watch it”

The play was wonderfull. Asha got to play with many of the great toys outside for much of today on her own, and she also locked mummy in the toilet.

It was a pit, and it needed a catch on the outside, so that the wind dosnt blow it open, however Asha thought it would be great fun to show mummy she could lock it.. Mummy wasnt impressed, and daddy had an Asha delivered to him, to deal with!

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I wandered into the barn, to find my husband playing with the older boys, and some of the younger children with balloons, and playing some kind of lord and lady Piles game – Is this what home edd is about?

photograph of hospital for piles

The kids were in fits of laughter, though I am not sure most of them knew what piles were / are. And one little boy, smartly had the guts to ask my steve what they were. Steve told him.. wondering if this was the right approach, and his mum was pleased he had told him.. Its so hard to know what to do isnt it!

However all the kids were happy, laughing and playing. And Asha.. well she was as well :d

After the mornings lesson.. hu humm,, in human biology and balloon pumping / sculpturing. We had a warm lunch, and did paper mache plates in the afternoon. I am not sure whether or not, you can get them off the plates though. As we forgot to gress them, oh well, learning curve!

At night Asha fell asleep fairly fast after one of her stories, and loads of the food she has eaten today. Its scarey!

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