School this morning was pretty good, after a bumpy start with the writing. We are learning telephone technique and manner, so I had some conversations with the boys on a pretend phone, pretending to be various characters. Then I instructed the boys to pretend they were grown-ups, and to phone each other. Then Aaron asked, if he vomits into the phone, if it will come out the other side. Well, that was the end of that, as Caleb dissolved into a fit of giggles. He was laughing so hard, he could barely recount to me what Aaron had asked, as I missed it the first time. So we all had a jolly good laugh. We’ve been doing such interesting stuff in science – yesterday we looked at how helicopters work, and today we did trains, covering steam, diesel and electric engines. Tomorrow we are doing the humble bicycle.
Some men from the council were working on the water pipes on the street during the morning, so our water was off for a while. When they turned it back on, the water that ran from the taps was dark brown. The boys and I just stood in the bathroom looking at it in disbelief. It ran clear eventually, but even when I ran the bath later, there was still a lot of grit coming out. The toilet coincidentally stopped working, so even after the water had been turned on, the cistern was empty. I always get worried when Nick tries to do DIY on the plumbing (at least he leaves the electricity to me), so when he started asking for wrenches and pipe cleaners, I was concerned. Eventually he phoned Teddy, and Teddy phoned someone, and within about an hour, someone had come to fix it up. He sorted it out in about ten minutes.
It’s been raining most of the day, and quite cold. We are still in winter after all! Our spring officially starts on the 21st or 22nd September, which is fair, since winter starts on 21 June.
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