Callie has graduated.
She had her last day at Babywood Nursery on 1 September and in the evening they had a graduation party where they all came up to the stage (complete with cap and gown) to collect their certificate and have photos taken. It was quite a sad time. She's been at that nursery since she was just a few months old, and they have been so good to her there. She has got really attached to them to, because most of the staff have been there since well before she started. She left saying that she would come back and visit them. We will.
Callie is now at Big Nursery. We've been going on about it for so long. "In September you'll be a big girl and you'll be going to the big nursery at Barford School."
Callie always asks in the morning what day it is - just checking we know. On September 1 I told her and said it was the first day of September. She stood up on our bed with her hands right up in the air. "Are we in September now mummy?" "Yes" "But I don't touch the ceiling."
First day at full time nursery went smoothly and although I stayed for about 1/2 hr to see her settled in and to make sure she knew where everything was, she didn't really need me. She loved it, and came back covered in stickers. They score really high on the priase and positive discipline bit at that school.
Her day also went amazingly cleanly. Her white blouse stayed white, and the jumper only had a little splodge of something that dabbed off easily with a damp cloth. Bless her. Day 2 (today) wasn't quite so spotless, but I am still very impressed. She never came back from her old nursery without being covered in dinner. I don't know how they keep her so clean, but their efforts are greatly appreciated. Well done Barford. Callie is well impressed with her new school.
Having said that at the moment there are only dozen or so of them in there. That's about the number she was used to at her old nursery. The nursery she is now in has 60 places, but they start the children a few at a time to let them settle in before the next batch arrive. Apparently they won't be at full capacity until nearly the end of September. Let's see how it goes when she's competing with all that lot!
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Greenbelt
We're back from Greenbelt.
It was good, but it turned out very different for me than I was expecting. First off I had never imagined how long we would have to stand in queues waiting to get Callie into the children's festival. I'm sure last year we just went straight in. This year the queues were enormous. On one morning I queued over 40 mins just to get a ticket to be sure of getting in, so I didn't have to stand in another queue later only to be disappointed!!?? If you add to that the queues to get into the venues you have a lot of waiting around. We also had a lot of mud and some quite heavy rain. Fortunately I managed to not be in queues during any downpours.
I had some lovely times with the children of a friend from way back, who I had only met briefly at Greenbelt last year. Callie quickly made friends with Pearl (5) and Robin (3), and we left with promises to visit each other. That's what Greenbelt's about. Brining people back together.
More by "chance" than judgement I ended up going to talks rather than music. God seems to be saying a lot at the moment about inclusion in the church. How can we be relevant to the people around us, and help them to find God in a way that is meaningful in their everyday lives? How can we get churches together to show the neighbourhood what Jesus meant when he talked about us being one? I really don't think that means having big meetings together to prove that we can literally sing from the same hymn sheet.
I came back with more questions than answers. But perhaps that's what God's about. How else can he make sure we rely on him step by step and don't run off on our own and muck it all up?
It was good, but it turned out very different for me than I was expecting. First off I had never imagined how long we would have to stand in queues waiting to get Callie into the children's festival. I'm sure last year we just went straight in. This year the queues were enormous. On one morning I queued over 40 mins just to get a ticket to be sure of getting in, so I didn't have to stand in another queue later only to be disappointed!!?? If you add to that the queues to get into the venues you have a lot of waiting around. We also had a lot of mud and some quite heavy rain. Fortunately I managed to not be in queues during any downpours.
I had some lovely times with the children of a friend from way back, who I had only met briefly at Greenbelt last year. Callie quickly made friends with Pearl (5) and Robin (3), and we left with promises to visit each other. That's what Greenbelt's about. Brining people back together.
More by "chance" than judgement I ended up going to talks rather than music. God seems to be saying a lot at the moment about inclusion in the church. How can we be relevant to the people around us, and help them to find God in a way that is meaningful in their everyday lives? How can we get churches together to show the neighbourhood what Jesus meant when he talked about us being one? I really don't think that means having big meetings together to prove that we can literally sing from the same hymn sheet.
I came back with more questions than answers. But perhaps that's what God's about. How else can he make sure we rely on him step by step and don't run off on our own and muck it all up?
Publisher
Well, this is it. The holiday between jobs is over and my new life awaits. Callie started nursery full time yesterday and I start my new job tomorrow.
Today however I am left with a dilemma. I am trying to open documents I produced at work on Publisher. But that I don't have publisher at home. I really don't think that is a good enough excuse to spend a ridiculous amount of money on a DTP package when I've just taken a cut in salary. If anybody happens to be flying past this blog and reads it, can you let me know where I can get something cheaper that will open Publisher files and works well?
Today however I am left with a dilemma. I am trying to open documents I produced at work on Publisher. But that I don't have publisher at home. I really don't think that is a good enough excuse to spend a ridiculous amount of money on a DTP package when I've just taken a cut in salary. If anybody happens to be flying past this blog and reads it, can you let me know where I can get something cheaper that will open Publisher files and works well?
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