Thursday, October 12, 2006

-PEG. The kids were talking about earth and water today.
-The girls coloured and played while I made lunch. Muirgen had her baby in it's stroller and pretended to take it to all sorts of different places.
-The girls worked in a simple pre-school work book together. They were both holding on to the pencil and Muirgen let Astrid guide her hand to complete the activities. Astrid took it upon herself to teach Muirgen the letters of the alphabet. They got to about H. One of the activities was to choose which of two pictures began with a certain letter. I was surprised that Muirgen got every one correct.
-We talked a bit about what our immune systems do.
-Played 2 games of 'Snakes and Ladders'.
-Played one game of 'Memory'. Astrid won. Muirgen did not find a single match, but had fun turning over the cards when it was her turn.
-We all coloured pictures together.
-The girls pretended they were fish and created a whole under-water drama for themselves.
-They helped me make lentil soup for supper.
-Read a chapter of 'Trumpet of the Swan'.
-Astrid and I had a long conversation about birth: what her birth was like, what it might be like when our new baby is born, how it feels to give birth, emotional responses to birth, etc. She wanted to make a plan to ensure she'll get to see our baby's birth if it happens in the middle of the night.
-Muirgen and I talked about what it was like when she was in my uterus.