Camping car fun!
School work: when we can fit it in. We are now working on a points system, and when you get 20 points, you get a small prize from the bag. It has been working so well that the children have actually been asking to do their school work and now we are giving bonus points for trying new food and for 'good smiling' in family photos;)
Scrabble: we just love our iPad. Scrabble on the iPad is great, as it has a 'best word' feature, in which you basically just leave it up to the computer to do the hard work for you, and it comes up with the most obscure and high point scoring words imaginable; it also allows you to 'try' words before you play, meaning you can put in strange words that you yourself have never heard of (but may give you 76 points) to see if they are really words or not, without missing a go! My high score, 75 points - not using Best Word!
Cards: Uno, we all like that. Happy Families, well, Naomi likes that (so long as she wins of course!). And Cribbage, which Alex and like, I think my high score is 17 (but actually that sounds a bit low, it is probably more than that).
Books:
'A Spot of Bother' by Mark Haddon.
I was looking forward to this as l loved 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time' (If you haven't read it, you should) and I was very happy that I got it for £1 from the charity shop, but it was a little disappointing. I gave it back to the charity shop where they will no doubt sell it for another pound, so that is nice.
'Common Table' by Janice Marriott & Virginia Pawsey
New Zealand book written via letters between two friends about their passion for cooking and recipes, a lady living and working in Wellington and a lady working on her family farm in Canterbury. A gentle, absorbing and endearing book - I liked it.
'The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake' by Aimee Bender
A story about a little girl who discovers that when she eats, she can feel the emotions of the person who has cooked the food. Definitely a book club read. Beautifully written and it hooked me from the first page, it stays with you for a while afterwards too.
'The Understudy' by David Nicholls
After reading 'One Day' and seeing the film 'Starter for Ten' I was expecting something of the same high quality, and I was not disappointed. It was another enjoyable, easy read. Perfect. I just have to wait for him to write another one now!
'The First Billion' by Christopher Reich
This is the book I started when I ran out of books in France and I had to borrow one from Alex. He chose the book because it was $1 from the school fair....mmmm. Actually it is ok, I am still sticking with it after 436 pages and the introduction of new characters and plot twists and turns every two chapters so it can't be all bad!
'Alice in Wonderland' & 'Through the Looking Glass' by Lewis Carroll
(Reading aloud to Naomi and Benny)
I never read them as a child (too busy reading Enid Blyton) so I had to catch up! The kids loved them!
'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' by C.S.Lewis
As above. We are 3/4 of the way through, and they are really enjoying it!
Movies:
'Superbad'
Funny, funny, funny. Endearingly funny story of friendship, looking for alcohol, and trying to be cool. Excellent, you have to watch it (unless you are offended by profanities, of which, I suspect there were a few;)!
'Limitless'
Crazy film about a drug which helps you to think like a genius, learn a language in one day, be an amazing super brain (where can I get it?). It was good, crazy, but good, not great, and a bit forgettable, but definately entertaining, and clever, and an interesting concept!
'The Lincoln Lawyer'
Matthew McConaughy, John Grisham-American type film, about a lawyer who is happy to defend the bad guys, until meeting his match who is a real piece of work. Not bad!
'Double Indemnity'
Never watched it before, but keen to catch up on the classics, and it was great, a real 'classic'!
I think the next one to download should be 'Roman Holiday'!!!
Love
Est xxx
PS, Hope you enjoyed Naomi's first blog earlier;)
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