Boo

It's not a great picture, or even a good picture but it's the best Rich could manage since the kids had got at the camera and changed the settings. I've got them back to normal now, and bought a new memory disk having lost the old one (ironically I can't remember where I put it), so you can expect more pictures and less waffeling on here from now on.

Just had the kids parents evenings.. very interesting as Noah has already attained the level expected for reception child at literacy and numeracy after only 6 weeks. Which on the face of it sounds great, but does make me worry how low the level actually is if he's surpassed it before he's got his bum on a seat. Fortunately that doesn't mean he gets to take the rest of the year off..... I think he'll be filling his time playing at being a lion and trying not to swallow anything he's not supposed to.

Amie's report was a bit less clear cut...she's great at thinking outside the box, creative writing and socialising and to quote her teacher "Certainly does not suffer from any self esteem issues". How to take that one? BUT she does find it hard to follow instructions and her listening skills aren't great.. she's likely to go off on a tangent and do her own thing rather than what she's supposed to be doing (good for her I say... far too many people joining the dots... RUN FREE MY CHILD RUN FREE I SAY .. though not to her teacher of course.

We haven't sold the house, we have had an offer in but won't be able to buy a 4 bed if we take it. Have to weigh that fact up with the fact if we hold out for a higher offer it could take up to 2 years to sell this place.. then Noah's only on top of the waiting list, and so realistically there's probably no point in changing him as Amie will be getting ready to leave Hawthorns school anyway.

EA rang me this morning to suggest a meeting to "discuss the situation" which means he's going to come round and tell me we need to lower the price.