Somersaults in the pool
Tilda starts swimming lessons with her school next month, and she’s been a bit nervous about that. She was concerned about getting ready herself, so I’ve promised that I would go a few times to help out. She didn’t want to do level 3 again, since her last few lessons have been with kids about [...]
Outsourcing
Tilda needs 50 cents tomorrow if she wants to buy an icy pole at lunch, and she had only earned 20 cents so far this week, by feeding George, getting the newspaper, or bringing up the garbage bin. I really wasn’t expecting her to take me up on my offer of $2 to clean up [...]
Sensitive
Like her mother. She felt much better after she got that off her chest.
Tilda Frances Gibbon
“No help whatsoever.”
Sashing
Tilda had Thursday and Friday off school (curriculum days, they’re called here), but we had no wonderful adventures – the weather just wasn’t calling us out of the house. I have personally caught up on a lot of sleep, so that’s something. I’ve finished making the blocks for the school quilt. Ishika came over to [...]