Showing posts with label Grandchildren. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grandchildren. Show all posts
Monday, 23 March 2015
Puncture on the way to Lunch
Yesterday, my daughter and three grandchildren and I left in good time to lunch at Sakoni's vegetarian Indian restaurant in Harrow. We looked forward to the Gujerati style food or pizza or lasagne. Halfway there a tyre punctured. There's nothing like waiting for three-quarters of an hour for the AA mechanic to arrive while listening to a hungry five-year old grumbling.
Thursday, 18 September 2014
Walk in the Woods
My daughter-in-law has gone to Cyprus for a week so I'm staying with my son and his three children to give a helping hand. Having fun playing board games, hearing the younger ones read and helping with homework.
This evening, before dinner I plan to take them for a walk in the woods behind their house and pick blackberries, or elder berries or rowan berries. The path skirts the woods and leads to paddocks where the children like leaning over the fence to look at the horses.
During the day my times my own and I've been writing and sorting out the scribbled addresses etc., in my notebooks.
This evening, before dinner I plan to take them for a walk in the woods behind their house and pick blackberries, or elder berries or rowan berries. The path skirts the woods and leads to paddocks where the children like leaning over the fence to look at the horses.
During the day my times my own and I've been writing and sorting out the scribbled addresses etc., in my notebooks.
Saturday, 18 January 2014
Horrible History
Yesterday, after school, I took my daughter's 9 year-old to the library. Amongst other books, he chose three Horrible History books, the ones about The Vikings, The Romans and World War Two, which he is learning about at school.
Actually, I read a bit of the Horrible History The Romans. It's really interesting and a good starting point for a historical author who wants to write about a period he/she is unfamiliar with.
My grandson came to my house delighted because he has graduated from writing with a pencil to writing with a pen. "It's taken me four years, since I first started school, to be given a pen by my teacher," he explained. "And," he added, "one of my friends is very upset because he didn't get a pen, and he writes better than me but I think it's because his w's aren't formed properly. And now, grandma, I am going to copy you and write historical fiction. Can children be published?"
"Maybe," I replied, "but I think they can enter competitions." Phew, he shares my lifelong interest in history.
He is the third want-to-write-books child in my family. One of them has written two excellent stories about a dragon quest.
Actually, I read a bit of the Horrible History The Romans. It's really interesting and a good starting point for a historical author who wants to write about a period he/she is unfamiliar with.
My grandson came to my house delighted because he has graduated from writing with a pencil to writing with a pen. "It's taken me four years, since I first started school, to be given a pen by my teacher," he explained. "And," he added, "one of my friends is very upset because he didn't get a pen, and he writes better than me but I think it's because his w's aren't formed properly. And now, grandma, I am going to copy you and write historical fiction. Can children be published?"
"Maybe," I replied, "but I think they can enter competitions." Phew, he shares my lifelong interest in history.
He is the third want-to-write-books child in my family. One of them has written two excellent stories about a dragon quest.
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