At last some Easter photos
I'll post some others below - just click on the links.
Last weekend we went to the Eden Project in Cornwall - finally, I've been to Cornwall. The Eden Project, for those who don't know, is an eco-friendly, environment supporting giant greenhouse - well, two actually, and they don't look like regular greenhouses, more like big, honeycombed pods. There will be photos of them, eventually. If only I had a digital camera, my photos wouldn't lag behind so much.
Yesterday Amelia went to a birthday party held a local sports centre. The birthday boy was the three-year-old brother of a litle boy she goes to day care with. They had set up a bouncy castle and other play equipment in part of the gym, which was great for the kids to run around in. Though Amelia wasn't too interested, until I got her Ivor, her little red teddy bear, from the car, and she made him go down the small plastic slide. She did sit at the table though, and ate a fair amount of chocolate cake.
At various times people have commented that Amelia must be picking up an English accent, but up until now it's been impossible to tell. However, she has started saying "Oh dear," which is funny enough in itself, but she pronounces it "oh dee-ah," sounding very British. Hee hee. Some of her other frequent expressions are "cup of tea," "beach," and "pub," which tells you something about her parents' favourite activities.
My play writing course through the Open University starts this week. I've already received some materials in the post and checked out the course web site. As it's a university level course, it is fairly structured, which comes as a bit of a shock after some of the other, more informal writers' workshops I've done. I think it will be good.
For those who don't know, in reference to my last post from almost a month ago (!) - no, I didn't get the job. I wasn't good at the interview, and also there was an internal applicant.
Cherry trees are in bloom now, and the tulips are out in full force, with most of the trees also in leaf. Weather hasn't been too warm, though. Went down to the seaside today but it was a bit windy and cold.
More photos from around Easter:
On the "goat walk" on the estuary at Topsham - that's my mother with us.
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One of the dutch houses, Topsham. (Doesn't look much like England, does it?)
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Happy Mother's Day! Hope you are enjoying the day - we are finally getting warm weather - today is hot and sunny!
Yesterday was really nice, too - we went to a small zoo outside of Brantford - the kids loved it - it was just the perfect size for them to be able to see everything and not get too overwhelmed. It was quite funny because they had free pony rides and Bella was very excited - went on the pony with me holding her - well, Maddy was scared to death but was quite torn because her younger sister went on - decided she would go for a ride if Bella went with her - unfortunately not allowed so she decided she could cope if I held her. In the end she did enjoy it but it was the first time Bella has done something first!!
Eric has the kids outside and I was just playing on the computer (actually avoiding doing what I'm suppose to!) - for some unknown reason I decided to check out the FOI website - I happened upon an interesting story in the "adoption story" section - it is written by a mom who discovered her daughter has some sensory integration difficulties - sounds like it was quite a challenge to figure out exactly what was up with her little one. She has lots of references in the article. Just thought I would mention it because we had talked about sensory integration before and this seemed to have good information. I think I will go back to it and check out some of the websites for work-purposes. One of the ladies I work with was puzzled by a little girl she visits who rocks all the time and there was reference to that in the article so I'll pass the info on.
Saw Tracy and the girls at the zoo yesterday - Alanna is so sweet - she has lost some of the "baby fat" in her face so is looking quite different than the last time I saw her. Tracy had to shave her head because she was pulling her hair out one at a time and had a bald spot. But it has started to grow in now. I've spoken to Ken briefly when we drop our older girls at Sparks (Girl Guides for younger ones) and it looks like they have worked things out and are back together. They both look much happier so that was nice to see.
Haven't seen Sharlene and Sarah lately - I'll have to try to set up a play date.
Take care,
Janice
Posted by: Jan | May 8, 2005 03:59 PM