After lunch, and after the css and html had been put to bed, Asha, Steve and I headed once more over to Dinas, to enjoy the later afternoon sun, and the tranquility of an empty beach once more..

Some more photographs!

We found another dead crab,  which had lost its shell, so Asha wanted us to dig it a grave and bury it.. So we did..

She then enjoyed a time paddling with Daddy, and splashing about in the COLD water.

After CLASS we went to Beddgert for Fish and Chips.

We had planned on an evening on the beach, but the wind was cold, so we headed off to the warmth of the valley. We went for a slow stroll to the grave of Beddgellrt after our food, and Asha and I looked at the lichen on the trees. All the photos in this post are thanks to Paula…

And eventually home for mummys birthday cake.. very late and very very tired!

My thanks go to Paula for all the pictures in this post, as i hadn’t my camera with me!

We got up fairly late for Asha (7.45) and had a selection of presents in bed.. including Old Bear, a Diablo,  an air ambulance helicopter, and a toy caravan!

We then had a cooked breakfast, and after feeding the birds, with the new bird feeder, went to meet granny and grandad to get the train up snowdon.

The weather today was glorious, and the scenery was magnificant, wales at its best. After our trip up, we went and opened presents from granny and grandad by the river, and daddy had to go waterproof dipping (yep a coat fell in the river) . After a while the midgies came out, so we took refuge at Lake Padarn, and fed the ducks, and swans, followed by a trip to Petes eats, and birthday cake.

A great time was had by Asha.. who is now asleep, very happy.

After our rather successfull, but demading tutorial, for our welsh course, Steve and I both took it in turns to fall asleep at home. I needed it.

Asha did some maths, and puzzles on the PC. To be honest i know she did some mazes, and she did some drag and drop jigsaws. I also saw her having some books read out to her. She has really become a dab hand at using these programmes, and even the older Piglet game, she is managing to enjoy. We just need to get her to understand how to start the shutting down process a little bit better, though she is getting there!

She is using dvd’s for 5+ now. Which considering two months ago, she rarely had used a pc, and the fact that most days she still dosn’t, I am really impressed with her progress. I never mention it, and she seems to use it about twice a week.

After a couple of hours – far too much computers really.. but she did run around between games, and do forwards rolls and stuff as well, we read some poetry, from a book i had as a little one : Never wear your wellies in the house. It certainly made her laugh. We then read that classic – Everybody poos.. and we finished off with an introduction to the world of the collins childrens dictionary. She loved asking me to find words for her.. and seems to have grasped what its for. She has also taken it to bed!

I guess if I spent time recording what Asha did throughout a day, my record would be amazing. As for today, although we were out for 9.30 and not home untill 1. I know she did stories, did computing, did gymnastics and dancing. She also did reading, and imaginative play with her rocking horse and her horse on a stick – i cant rember the technical term- she also covered daddy up when he fell asleep, and helped me to clear the table after dinner. She was playing in the do room for a while, but i dont actually know what she was playing. But she is always learning, and she is always a sponge.. Education? Asha is happy, she is aware of her enviroment, and is keen on nature. What else can one want for a child?

Vicki xx

Just another book mum...

At 23.30 I went into see her, she was sat with ALL her books on her bed, and told me “Mummy I need some new books, see”

Now please bare in mind this child who needs more books has a 6 foot high by 4 foot wide bookcase in her bedroom… with 6 shelves FULL of books. Another 3 bookcases in the living room, full of books, and more boxes of books in the “library room” Which she regually can be found “sorting out”

ARGH… And I bought her a new book today.. Which is really very very pretty. Rainbow Sea, A sparkle book.isbn : 1740470893

Kids!

Peter “Pete” Seeger (born May 3, 1919) is an American folk singer, political activist, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 50s as a member of The Weavers, most notably the 1950 recording of Leadbelly’s “Goodnight, Irene” that topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950.[1] As a result of an anti-communist blacklist, his career as a mainstream performer was seriously curtailed. In the 1960s, he re-emerged on the public scene as a pioneer of protest music in support of international disarmament and civil rights and, more recently, as a tireless activist for environmental causes.

On Christmas Eve, after we all had our baths, the three of us sat down to a big pan of stew, and pulled some crackers. Asha, and I then had a long story session, which lead to Asha falling asleep unusually early.

This is just a cute photograph of her with one of her teddy’s which she has decided to name Hoopy!

As we were going christmas shopping today anyway, we let her spend it in home and bargain, which was the first shop we went to.

The result? Asha went around, Tescos, Home and Bargain, Cash and Carry, and sat in the car happily whilst i went into morrisons!

She couldnt actually play with the two dolls she bought, as they were so fastened into the packaging, but she still sat, talked to them, nursed the packaging and enjoyed herself, inbetween shops!  … Now considering yesterday she had a filthy cold.. I think this is pretty good going!

Vicki xx

1. Trip to audiologists, Asha’s hearing is fine.
2. Trip to woolworths. Asha wants everying in shop.
3. Trip to charity shop.. same as above.
4. 1 trip to materials shop. One red and white plastic cover bought for table in the den room.
5. 1 trip to clynnog, more junk in back of car.
6. 1 trip to post office van. I am soooo going to miss this service!
7. 1 trip to gymnastics.. Asha “loves” dave.
8. 1 certificate of acheivement.. level 6 for Asha.. must get photograph for web site.
9. Three christmas cards hand made by Asha.
10 . Christmas story read to Asha. Christmas poems read to Asha..
11. One realisation by 1 4 year old that christmas is soon.. and the decorations on the front of every house in gwynedd are not halloween decorations!

13… One hyperactive 4 year old!!!!

Asha is 100 times happier than we have seen her for a long time.

We have painted, played bump, fed the birds, made magic gardens, cleaned the cat tray, done the vacume cleaning, had friends around to play and basically had a ball of a time so far.

I hope to get some pictures up soon. However we have fantastic views to the front, and a mountain garden to the back.