Blackberry attack!
Saturday was really quite hot, 26 degrees. After lunch Sam and I took Eve for a short walk in the cemetery. Eve fell asleep whilst we picked blackberries. Unfortunately we were a bit late and most of them had been picked already, but it was fun none the less. Eve had a great time squashing them to smithereens as you can see in the photo above. Saturday was basically a mother's dream. My tomato plants really appreciated the sun, as did two lots of washing that were dried before the storms came on Saturday evening. It’s been raining pretty much ever since.
Looking at books whilst it rained outside
On Sunday morning Eve drew a circle and a triangle for the first time. She’s been saying the words circle, triangle and square for a couple of weeks. My friend Jilly is the head teacher of a primary school in Bristol, and said that being able to draw a circle (naturally anti clockwise) helps with the base for writing. I found out that I’ve been drawing circles the wrong way round all my life (clockwise) - this accounts for things it seems. I was slow with reading and writing as a child, and was quite shy. I remember clearly hating being asked to read aloud in primary school, it was simply torturous. My mum was great, and made sure that even though I was slow at reading I developed a passion for it, which remains to this day.
Eve loves singing the alphabet song and is mastering the word Kangaroo at the moment. Each morning she sits with me for a bit at the kitchen table and sings along with children's songs on Youtube.
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