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Thank you to little Swiss Misses LBP and HBP for sending me a bag of smiles on a rainy day  :)

And thanks to Jude for making a delicious tomato sauce in Technology for our tea - yummy with spaghetti :)

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A good day at school - felt like I was back in the zone and the children enjoyed their Spanish, joining in with great enthusiasm which always makes me smile.

Sixth Form Open Evening at BVGS was eye opening, and I certainly smiled to see how Isaac was greeted warmly by all departments we visited and encouraged to do their subject. His French teacher had been dismayed when we left the language room having spoken only to German (we had to go and listen to the Head!) and expressed great relief when we returned! Our nifty body swerve to avoid being coraled into Maths also made us both laugh as did various comments we muttered to each other as we wandered the corridors, mostly about the idiosyncrasies and dress sense of various teachers. 

And the thing that made me smile most? Isaac was worried about Jude being hungry so insisted on hurrying up so he didn't have to wait too long for dinner! As his English teacher said "my brother would've made me wait even if I was starving. You're a very good brother!"

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This picture I saw on FB made me chuckle. All very good advice!

Loved dramatically reading a Spanish firework poem with WPS Y3 this morning - repeat performance tomorrow with WCPS Y2 - and glad we were 'caught in the act' by the Head who gamely joined in and pretended to be a firework too! 

And highly amused by the child who told me that she'd met Guy Fawkes in London then when I told her that he lived in 1600s age said "oh, it was my Grandad who met him actually!"

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Lots of 'finishing off' today along with some fine singing from year 4. Some lovely pieces of work produced - now to find a way to display them! Doing creative things can be exhausting, and some classes are VERY hard work but it's worth it when kids are desperate to finish things and do them properly. 

Optician was pleased with my eyes - my eyesight hasn't got worse and I haven't been banned from wearing contact lenses so that's good. Plus I survived the 'puff' machine without having to repeat it for flinching! 

Jude, I discover today, impressed his Headteacher with his French yesterday and won a gold card - "not a literal card, Mum" I was informed. 

Liverpool managed to only concede one goal - odd to be smiling at losing but it could have been much worse...

And I'm going to bed early to read. So that's a smile!

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Going back to school wasn't as bad as I feared! Perhaps feeling slightly downhearted at the start of the day is good ...?

Arriving home at a decent hour without getting stuck in traffic helped my mood as did Only Connect. 

And debate about this Superhero chart made me smile too.

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Finally got to see what Jude's been doing this week as Holiday Club took over church this morning and we met Diver Dave and Scuba Stevens. Very funny! 

I got absolutely drenched on my run this afternoon. The only dry bit of me were my feet thanks to my wonderful winter Cloudrunners. Swiss engineering at its best! 

I can't say I'm smiling at the prospect of work tomorrow but it did make me smile to see how much I took out of my school

handbag at the end of last week and trying to put it all back now! 

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Beautiful toadstools in the garden. 

And a walk in the woods today; crunching through the leaves, trekking through the undergrowth and exploring the towpath. 

Good to spend time with my boys! Love all three of them!