R is one of these extraordinary children who puts all his rubbish in the bin and spends a lot of time trying to save the planet. He also would spend every waking hour using tons of electricity on the computer if we let him but hey we will let that one go.
R wants the whole family to stop adding to the plastic in the sea so we have agreed to make some presents and advent calendars this year and use brown paper and String to wrap them up. Unbeknown to me you can’t recycle shiny Christmas paper very easily.
My youngest daughter wants a sylvanian shopping mall, R wants a train station and H wants all the computer computer consoles in the world so we decided trying to make two out of three would be a good contribution to the environment.
So how hard can in be, well when you’re art teacher told you that you’d be the reason he’d quit teaching, you know you’ve got a challenge on your hands.
The boys and my middle daughter assisted with making clay food for the roof top restaurant, clay Nintendo switches for pc world and tables out of foam board for salon.
So on to the train station. That’s in between Christmas shopping for six children, my in laws foster children and 9 nieces and nephews!! Oh and a birthday for H next week. Honestly why would he have the audacity to be born so close to Christmas!
In other news I attended the ‘what’s it like to be a a child in care’ course run by two inspirational care leavers. So lovely to talk to and gain ideas from young people who’ve been there and got the T-shirt. Will be trying out there ideas if we are lucky enough to welcome another child soon.
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ext week is vicar of Dibley starring my infamous (well in Swanage) husband and various other members of my family.
It’s also the last few weeks before panto starts it’s two week run so the boys are being fitted for their costumes and getting a little nervous. Please come and support my fabulous boys, Dick Whittington starts on the 10 January at the Mowlem theatre Swanage. It’s a not for profit organisation that my mum ran to help everyone from 8 to 80 to find confidence and friendship through the fun of the theatre. (Sorry shameful plug).
Editors note:
Find out what it’s like to foster at Christmas
