Upon listening to James Hill's "Ode To A Frozen Boot" Holly proclaimed - "I think this song is impossible to dance to. Unless your idea of dancing is vibrating."
Trolling Holly
Vagina Rot
...is one of the first things Holly made her iPod say, upon discovering that it would read text aloud.
Hard
We are hard kids. We went to the dentist today and both girls have all their adult teeth through but very few of their milk teeth have dropped out. So the dentist... PRIED THEM OUT WITH A SPIKE! No anaesthetic. Ew.
Sleepyheads
The girls wanted to make an updated version of this video from ten years ago:
So they made this:
London
This is Holly's creative writing homework.
I stepped outside and the noise hit me like a sledgehammer. People were yelling, stamping angrily down the street or just trying to sell their goods. I was finding it hard to ignore the delicious smells drifting from the bakery down the road.
Uneven paving stones kept tripping me up, as the fumes of petrol, flowers and dog poo crawled unwanted up my nostril.
A little while later I stepped into the giant glass pearl and watched as we floated up as if being pulled by a cautious invisible giant. As we reached the highest point, I could see the entire city. A mass of steel, glass and paint but here and there a glimpse of ancient stone could be seen. A debt to the old times of this great city.
I stepped outside and the noise hit me like a sledgehammer. People were yelling, stamping angrily down the street or just trying to sell their goods. I was finding it hard to ignore the delicious smells drifting from the bakery down the road.
Uneven paving stones kept tripping me up, as the fumes of petrol, flowers and dog poo crawled unwanted up my nostril.
A little while later I stepped into the giant glass pearl and watched as we floated up as if being pulled by a cautious invisible giant. As we reached the highest point, I could see the entire city. A mass of steel, glass and paint but here and there a glimpse of ancient stone could be seen. A debt to the old times of this great city.
Exeter School Upper Two
Exeter School Newsletter
Not that we've arrived in private education, but...
"For Sale: Challen boudoir grand piano - the benefits of a grand piano without requiring a large space to put it in. Originally owned by the BBC and only had two owners since. In same ownership for last 30 years."
We'll ignore the preposition.
"For Sale: Challen boudoir grand piano - the benefits of a grand piano without requiring a large space to put it in. Originally owned by the BBC and only had two owners since. In same ownership for last 30 years."
We'll ignore the preposition.
Very Moving
Since it's the best TV I've watched in a few years, I showed Best of Men to the girls today. They were RAPT. Loved it. And as the credits rolled with the tears, Holly brightly said "So... Can we watch a Mythbusters?!"
Exeter School. Day 1.
Today was our first proper day at Exeter School - the first day with regular pupils all crowding in. Dad dropped off the girls and they were
tremendous
. Obviously a little uncertain inside, but extremely confident and quietly excited. Dad was beaming with pride.
This is Rosie in her uniform. She was not impressed with Dad asking her to say "Cheesey Weasels".
This is Holly in hers. Quietly preparing for the morning...
Induction Day at Exeter School...
... went tremendously well. We are looking forward very much to tomorrow.
Hockey Training
Rosie elected to start at her new school a day early in order to be involved in hockey practice. She had a FABULOUS time.
Pyooooo!
Dad walked into the office where the girls had been on the computers since early morning.
Dad: "Pyooo! It smells like someone's been farting all morning in here!"
Holly: "Well, we HAVE been here all morning, and we ARE related to YOU."
Dad: "Pyooo! It smells like someone's been farting all morning in here!"
Holly: "Well, we HAVE been here all morning, and we ARE related to YOU."
Laser Camp #2
Rosie.
Laser Camp 2012
Holly.
Holly's illustration
Grease
Rosie: "Grease is a bit wrong. Because... the lyrics say 'conventionality belongs to yesterday' but in the end, Sandy stops being herself and joins the Pink Ladies."
Logic
Dad pointed out a lot of cars crushed into cubes on the back of a truck.
Holly: "Well, I can imagine Mum's car being crushed as small as that, but not Dad's car."
Rosie: "Hmm. I think Dad's car would crush smaller, because there is more space inside of it. And if you opened the sunroof, it would go even smaller."
Holly: "Well, I can imagine Mum's car being crushed as small as that, but not Dad's car."
Rosie: "Hmm. I think Dad's car would crush smaller, because there is more space inside of it. And if you opened the sunroof, it would go even smaller."
CBBC
So... Holly emailed CBBC a couple of months ago asking to be on a show. And today - CBBC in our house and two unfeasibly shouty and overexcited children.
