Loo seat

We had a bit of a lavatorial disaster day. First the oldest daughter decides to help by putting new loo paper on the roll thing (holder? what do you call those anyway?). The whole new roll ended up in the unflushed loo. So that went straight into the bin.

Later on that same day I hear a crash and then the inevitable shout of "Mummy". The loo seat on the downstairs loo had come of. Sheared off. How on earth did she manage that? All right, the downstairs convenience is in need of refurbishment (or bombing or something) but our plumber has let us down, so this is on hold for now.

Luckily my youngest saw the positive side of things. "At least Daddy won't have to lift the lid anymore when he wants to go. And we won't have to tell him off for leaving it up."

I have taken this into consideration but have decided to opt for a new seat.

Shameless bragging.

Parents evening was a success. Mrs P. was very pleased with CS and told me that she was a very clever and intelligent girl. Well that saved me having to point this out. No need to worry about being a pushy parent :-)

After half term the class will be taught in small groups according to their ability in given areas (eg maths, reading, spelling). Bigger topics like history, science and geography they will all still be together. The only thing that worries Mrs P. is that the rest of the class are not on the same level with Maths as CS. In fact she thought CS would find a better match for her abilities in year 1 or 2. So, if we don't mind CS will be taught Maths on her own for now. Well I asked CS and as long as she gets to do plus and minus she does not care.

Bragging wasn't too bad, was it?

Conkers

"Would you like to feed the cat?"

"No, we are busy ... stuffing conkers in your gloves."

Pushy Parents?

Life has been busy. The whole Yoastie household has had to settle into a new routine. CS has to be in school by 8.50 or else there will be a late mark. CE isn't due at pre-school till 9.15, so plenty of time to get there. The schools are next door to each other, so normally I have to wait around for 25 minutes. Not bad when the weather was nice. But we are in England, so mostly it is not nice.

Mr Yoastie has a new job. It does not come with a company car, so we have said goodbye to his Mini. I am now without car as Mr Y has mine. Mostly that is fine as we live close to town centre and the shops. But as this country would benefit from a roof I am missing the car.

Next week is parents evening. I have been told by my daughter to tell Mrs P that school is fun but why doesn't she get to read more? Or write? or do numbers over 10? that is so pre-school numbers up to 10. And what about the plusing and minusing? why aren't they doing that?
So, I am now worried about how to get all this across without seeming like a pushy parent. I think I'll take her, that way she can teacher all about it herself.