I was all set up to write a nice up-beat blog about our day, when something’s happened that’s made me feel all upset.  I think I’ve upset a friend, although I’m not certain, and if I have, I don’t know how.  And she’s the sort of friend who hates any sort of conflict and wouldn’t bring it up with me.  I’ve emailed her - if you’re reading, E, please, please contact me! 

On a more positive note: I’ve been blog-surfing (or whatever you call it) and found lots of lovely blogs I think I’m going to like, mostly about unschooling/autonomous education. 

I ought to be working on a mini-presentation for my tutorial on Saturday but I can’t work out how to print off the wonderful mind-map I’ve done on the computer and it’s totally brought me to a motivational halt!  I, therefore, really ought to decide that since I can’t work on my presentation, even if the reason is my own fault!, I should continue writing the essay I am currently working on.  But despite the fact I really want to, I have this silly thing that means that I can’t seem to start one thing unless I’ve finished the first thing - something that would have applied to my presentation had I not had a deadline for it (no deadlines for essays on this course :-)).  So if I get started again on the essay, I’ll get all confused about where I am, and what I’m writing about. 

Maybe I should just settle down to writing about Flopsy and Mopsy!  There was something I wanted to note down, and that’s Mopsy’s current vocabulary and the odd phrase that Flopsy uses that I don’t want to forget as she grows up and stops using them!

Flopsy first:

• Cood’aft = look after e.g. “Can you cood’aft my dolly for me Mummy?”
• eye on = keep an eye on e.g. “I’ll eye on Mopsy for you”
• talk to = read e.g. “can you talk to this book?”

Mopsy’s words:

• Pease = please
• Beedah = thank you
• Ree-ooh = Rosie
• Mummy
• Dada
• Baabaa = Grandma
• Dadad = Grandad
• Nana
• Bapa = Grandpa
• yeah
• no
• Oof = foot
• arm
• ah = hand
• eeyah = hello
• cheese
• cheers
• gokgok = yoghurt and chocolate
• numnum = yum yum
• yah yak = mummy’s milk
• poo poo
• wah wah = wee wee
• baba = baby
• ball
• pop
• boh boh = bottom
• oh no!!!
• doodoos = doodles (Clark’s plimsoll-like summer shoes)
• ooo = shoes
• air = hair
• ear
• dickick = sticking
• star
• dog
• cat
• pig
• duckduck = duck or bird
• tada! = said with a look of delight when standing on top of something e.g. table, chair or even something as mundane as a piece of paper!
• Bedoh = playdoh

Wow!  She’s got loads of words - there are probably a few I’ve missed, and no one except for me, my mum, DH and Flopsy understands most of them, but who cares eh?

Ok, feel a bit less despondent now, but obviously still very concerned about the situation with my friend.