I volunteered to chaperone Noah’s class on a field trip last week. Two bus-loads of Year 2 kids, dressed up in Victorian clothes, went to Manor Farm which has a reenactment of a Victorian era farm. We first went to a Victorian class room where the kids learned to be seen and not heard; wrote [...]
Posts from ‘March, 2009’
Mothering Sunday in the UK
Today is what is known as Mothering Sunday in the UK. Apparently it is the same as Mother’s Day. Ken’s comment was that it meant that I had all the hard work today and had to mother everyone. Not a chance. It is a beautiful day and feels like Spring is just around the corner. [...]
Spring is Sprining
The English weather has improved immensley the past few weeks. First highs in the 50s and this week all in the 60s with lots of sunshine. I could really tell, though, when I came home from work to find Mary camped out in the back yard. Note the socks. That’s Mary’s signature move! The snowdrops [...]
