where children sleep

an incredible series of photos documenting different children and where they sleep.

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Autism: The Musical

Today I watched Autism: The Musical.

It was such an inspiring film, and one I have wanted to watch for some time now.

A couple of years ago while I was still at university, I had the priveledge of working with a little girl with autism. It was such an interesting and rewarding experience, and one that I really learnt a lot from. One of the hardest parts about working with this little girl, was that she had a twin sister, who was not autistic.

This film really shows the reality of children with autism, and everything that is possible.

I highly encourage you to watch it.

Rainy days.

Having a slow morning today. It's been raining constantly since before I woke up this morning.

*I decided to stay in bed and finish the movie I started lastnight.

*Took a long hot shower

*Wrote a list of all the questions flying around in my head for my meeting this afternoon

*Checked my regular blog roll, and as usual one blog led to another blog, to another blog, to another blog.

*Feeling content that the second quiche I made last night is almost all finished. Which means my housemates appreciate my cooking and all went to work with a homecooked lunch today.

*I have a surprising connection to our little geranium, who almost didn't make it through the hot weather, but seems to be enjoying this rain.

*Surprisingly looking forward to putting on my raincoat and boots and going for a walk in the rain to my meeting this afternoon.

What are you doing today?

Weekend.

Ok, so obviously I'm just not good at regular blogging. I feel guilty for not posting, and then I make myself feel better by telling myself that no one reads this anyways. Life's too short for having those kind of conversations in my head, so instead, here's a quick wrap up of my weekend.

Thur 14 - Bastille Day
We stayed home all day. Then watched the fireworks out of the (one) window you can see the eiffel tower from.

Fri 15
We stayed home all day and updated my hard drive and RAM on my macbook pro (read:geek) .  Then went to the cinema and saw this movie. Loved it. Go and see it.

                                                                 Source: designlovefest.com via Tash on Pinterest

Sat 16
Also stayed home all day. Played computer games, just because I could (see friday ^). Made homemade pizza and then watched movies all night.

Sun 17
Went to see some ants at the Palais de Tokyo. Yes, you heard me correctly ants.

'The Tragedy of the Commons is a facility where thousands of ants Atta - nicknamed leaf-cutter ants - produce a choreography by reacting to the colors and smells carefully chosen. Amplified, the sound of the ants generate textures in the image of their movements within an architectural structure, acoustic and automated.' From Palais de Tokyo

I went to visit this cool place, and got excited to sign up for some fun classes! 

Then of course, knitted a granny sqaure.

Day 2.

Well. That was a good start. I missed my first day of blogging!

Not because I forgot, or I didn't think about it. Quite the contrary.

I thought about it all day, and I wondered what I was going to blog about, so then I figured I better do something blog worthy, but I got so caught up in actually doing it, that I ran out of time to blog about it.

Although I'm disappointed in my blogging efforts, I am very proud of actually crocheting something from start to (almost) finish!

Taa-dah!

It's a string bag for the market.
Unfortunately the photos don't show it very well, and it hasn't yet got a handle (I did say almost finished...)
I used this pattern. Which I found on ravelry.
It was quick and simple and although the pattern was a little unclear at times, I'm really proud of my effort!

summer days.

Source: onesydneyroad.com via Tash on Pinterest

So today is my official first day of summer holidays. I have 8 weeks of holidays.

So I decided to set myself a challenge. A new blog post every day of my summer holidays!
I'm feeling nervous just writing that! Honestly it should be quite easy. All three of my housemates are doing summer internships as part of their studies, which leaves me home alone all day. So spare time is in abundance here.
To tell the truth, I have had lots of spare time the last 5 months that I have been here in Paris, but I spend so much of my time reading other peoples blogs, that I neglect to update my own.

So to kick Day 1, my summer wishlist:

*Start and finish a crotchet project
*See Harry Potter at the movies
*Limit myself to one work day per week (Yes, I still have some work to do)
*Get out of bed before 10.30am (...most days)
*Finish three books
*Update my blog everyday
*Take a trip to see Jakob and Mara in Berlin
*Organise what I am going to do with my parents when they visit
*Explore Paris
*Practice my french
*Take a weekend trip with Franck to somewhere with a beach

Well, that's just a start. Let's see how things unfold!

wednesday.

Today I felt like a document making machine!

I slept in until 1pm. Skyped my parents until 2.30pm.

Then from 2.30pm-6.00pm churned out 9 documents and 4 emails.

Seeing as there are only 5 weeks left of the school year here in France, and I want to get reports out the week before school finishes, that gives me exactly 4 weeks to finish assessing and write reports for 21 children.

Plus next week will we spend the whole week preparing for Mother's Day (29th May here).
We then have an excursion to the museum to see a Miró exhibition and a whole week of work on hot air balloons!

I put my hand up to create colour in pages for all the songs produced by the preschool, thinking it will only be 8-10 songs in total. I found out yesterday at our team meeting that there is close to 20 songs! I had finished 5 previously, and managed to churn out another 5 today. Now I'm just waiting on the lyrics of the rest to finish them off!

Not to mention writing a whole new policy document for the beginning of next year, a background information sheet to go with enrolments, and organise the new program for next year as we have more children and larger age ranges than ever before!

Busy, busy, busy!

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