Son number two turned 7 last week, and we had a party at home - movie and pizzas was the theme. Within seconds I remembered why we don't usally do birthday parties at home - 10 six and seven year olds running round the house was an 'interesting' experience! Fun, though, and despite the fact that some of the guests would rather have played football than watch the film, a good time was had by all (I think!)
Football was sadly ruled out by the rather impressive thunder storm and accompanying heavy rain, and the balloons were a big hit. The 'pass the parcel' prize was deemed 'too boyish' by the winner (one of only two girls invited, naturally!) but luckily we had a substitute prize to hand...
Two of his best friends stayed for a sleepover - by 11.30pm I was wilting, but they were still firing on all cylinders. I announced it was time for the midnight feast, to be told there was another half an hour to go. I gave them the sweets, and retired to bed - to be woken at 6.30am by more excited chattering!
It was fun for the kids, but not necessarily something to be repeated on a weekly basis. Getting 4 children out of the house by 8.45am in full football kit was another challenge...
Thursday 29 September 2011
Saturday 10 September 2011
Back to school...
OK, so this week was the first week of term - new year, new start, or so my 9 yr old says!
It was surprisingly easy to get back into the routines - early to bed, early to rise - but of course, as usual we were on the last minute when it came to actually leaving the house. There was no homework for the kids this week, and that was a welcome relief for all of us. There's nothing more tedious than battling with primary age children to get their homework done when everyone's had a long day at school or work, and nobody really cares about decimal places or the religions in India - at least not right at that moment...
Is homework really needed at the age of 6, anyway?
With the term starting, so did the football - so every Saturday and almost every Sunday for the next 8 months, we're up early for the kids' football training and matches. Good result for the under 10's last week, 0-0 draw away against last years league winners. Naturally the under 7s and the under 10's have matches in different places, so we'll be splitting up on Sundays to takethe kids to their respective matches. personally I feel the 'off season' is too short!
It was surprisingly easy to get back into the routines - early to bed, early to rise - but of course, as usual we were on the last minute when it came to actually leaving the house. There was no homework for the kids this week, and that was a welcome relief for all of us. There's nothing more tedious than battling with primary age children to get their homework done when everyone's had a long day at school or work, and nobody really cares about decimal places or the religions in India - at least not right at that moment...
Is homework really needed at the age of 6, anyway?
With the term starting, so did the football - so every Saturday and almost every Sunday for the next 8 months, we're up early for the kids' football training and matches. Good result for the under 10's last week, 0-0 draw away against last years league winners. Naturally the under 7s and the under 10's have matches in different places, so we'll be splitting up on Sundays to takethe kids to their respective matches. personally I feel the 'off season' is too short!
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