Rachel, Owen and Kathryn

Doing some housekeeping on the laptop, and came across this info from December 2009. Interesting that the basic outlines of her daily routine are still quite similar at nearly 6 years old ... except that we go upstairs at 7pm but she's often not settled and asleep until closer to 9pm! About Katy’s routines This is an outline of Katy’s typical timetable. It’s not set in stone but many babies need predictable elements in their day, and these are the timings she’s used to. Mornings: she tends to wake about 6 but I can keep her quiet for a while. She usually has breakfast at   7.15 but may sleep longer on holiday. Lunch: about 12 noon Napping: she doesn’t, unless taken for a quiet walk in the buggy or drive in the car. It’s important we engineer at least one nap. Tea:   usually 5:45 to 6pm She will eat most food but her portion needs to be allowed to cool a little. For an early family meal she can sit up at table with her booster seat, but newspaper on the floor ...

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"There was an old woman who swallowed a horse. She didn't die, but she got very fat."

Mum,  mum, let's tell jokes, what's that one that goes "I say, I say, I say,  my dog's lost his sense of smell"?

Please let it be the end of term soon - we are all exhausted. Last week saw a joint end-of-term concert by Katy's pre-instrumental 'lilac' group at RNCM and the 'yellow' group above her. We know she's been doing really well, but on the night she was literally all over the place, couldn't keep still and too tired to concentrate on anything. We were really impressed with the young string players, however, and we're excited to think that next year Katy will be learning instrumental skills and ensemble playing from some really excellent teachers at the College. It was a very different story on Sunday morning, when the whole family was involved in all-age worship at Quakers. The children read a semi-dramatised narrative I had concocted from various online versions of the Babushka / Bafana story, and although she was the youngest participant, Katy had quite a lot of lines to read, and she delivered them with such expression in her voice that she got lots of la...