http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup A blog by an East Lothian Mum Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:25:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One day back and I'm feeling exhausted already. Not that anything's really happened, but I can see that there's a good chance that we're winding up to needing some Meetings with the School to sort through some things. However much a modern school may have a just-drop-in, open-door policy, it can still ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2009/04/20/talking-to-yourself/ Aaaaaah - holidays. I know I've said it before, but that's because it's a consistent theme in my life. Take away the school run and the homework and the days feel very, very different indeed. Yes, in my previous salaried life (I won't say working because this is a working life too ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2009/04/07/chilling/ Hello Blog. It's been a while, I know, but that doesn't mean I haven't been thinking about you. I think about you a lot. I just don't seem to be able to find much time to spend with you. I write to you in my head. I keep an eye on ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2009/03/30/a-love-letter-to-my-blog/ I'm not still reading Moondust - but the Now Reading widget isn't playing ball... :-( http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2009/02/09/moondusted/ You wake up to a strange, soft light in the bedroom. Noises from outside seem muted. Oh yes, it's snowed in the night. Let's leave aside the issue of shy did it hold off all weekend and wait till the kids were back at school - what sort of a mean ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2009/02/02/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbrett/92729376/ Like most houses, we've had bouts of illness over the recent weeks, although not as explosive as some seem to have been. With the tiniest Soups, this is still pretty anxious - too young to explain the precise nature of their misery, and too irrational to understand the need for ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2009/01/10/expeditions-to-the-land-of-counterpane/ Why is it that after two weeks with plenty of free time in them, I find myself frantically de-scuffing and polishing school shoes on the first morning of term? http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2009/01/07/starting-term/                                     Picture from http://www.flickr.com/photos/cookylamoo/432969435/ Bear with me - this may ramble... In the car this morning I caught Archbishop of York John Sentamu talking about using the credit crunch to retake some of the basic meaning behind Christmas. In amongst this was the idea of appreciating the value of the truly important things - which are ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2008/11/19/love-your-stuff/ Tension is mounting for one Little Soup, waiting to find out if they'll have a role in the Christmas Play and what that role might be. Apparently the teachers are deciding this week: I have images of children taking every opportunity to show their potential: standing proud in the classroom, facing front ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2008/11/06/the-naming-of-parts/ I took the opportunity recently, while I happened to be in the right neighbourhood, of diverting off route just enough to swing past a couple of my old schools. I've not bothered to do this for a long, long time - not since I became a parent (I had the Offspring ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2008/11/05/all-i-learnt-at-school/