Photo diary: week 9, project 365

 A big day today: it's back to school, and the end of remote learning, as we know it. I'm quite torn, on one hand, I can see how Eddie frets at home, missing his mates, on the other hand, how will all the social distancing work in an enclosed class space?! Back to school fills me with anxiety, and I'm an emotional mess.

My elder one has been going to school three times a week, but now it will be back to five days, which he will be very happy with. The routine is very important for Sash, and he is missing school on the days, when he has to stay at home.

Good news from the last week: Eddie has been offered a place in school of his first choice. 

As mentioned in the last week's Photo diary, Sunday was my birthday. The Neapolitan cake from Waitrose didn't last very long. My older boy's birthday is coming later this month, and I think I will buy the same cake for him, to take to school and share with his mates.

The only photo I have taken on that day was of the shadows from the creeper on the blind.

My brother sent me some photos from their trip out to the countryside. This is the frozen river Kama. I look at all that ice and snow, and shiver a little bit, just thinking of how cold it must be, but also miss that vast whiteness and the crispy crunchy sound of the snow when you step on it.

I was looking through the photos on the old ipad, and found some of my boys and me having a laugh together. How quickly have they grown. Sasha is now a young man, not a child any more, and Eddie is surely not a tot either.

Hyacinths have started opening up their little colourful pyramids, isn't that a bit too early for them?! Hope there won't be sudden frosts to kill them off. Last autumn I re-planted the red hyacinths from the year before, but the blue ones are scattered around the garden, from previous years, some of them were the potted gifts, which are supposed to only last one season. They are not as bushy as the cultivated varieties, but bring a touch of colour.

Remember the World Book Days of the past, when children would come to school dressed up as their favourite book character? Since we were still in lockdown for schools last week, the teachers suggested decorating a potato as a book character. We enjoyed looking at the snaps on Seesaw, such a variety of ideas. 

Eddie's a big fan of Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, and has all the books in his collection. 

Hence his choice - Greg Heffley with his diary, made of two potatoes, painted with white and then the outlines drawn with a black pen. 

For dinner on Friday we had a mushroom and veggie soup. When I say we, I mean just the grown-ups. The boys wouldn't eat mushrooms even if I tried to bribe them. This is a kind of soup, which is a meal in itself, as it's packed full of mushrooms, carrots, onion, tomatoes, potatoes and rice. I also like to add some cream or Greek yogurt. It wouldn't win any prizes in the appearance competition, but it tastes so delicious. 

Saturday night: we ordered a Domino's takeaway and watched Independence Day Resurgence. Omigosh, what a load of tripe. I nearly fell asleep from boredom. If you thought the first film was bad (we watched it last week together), then in comparison with the sequel, it's a masterpiece. My child liked it though.

I still haven't watched The Dig. I started, and hope to finish some time this week during the day, when my guys are at school. Mulligan and Feinnes are exceptionally good. I only saw a glimpse of Lily James, and stopped watching. For some reason I find her acting utterly annoying, she always plays the same part of a chattering-non-stop, inanely-exuberant, smiley young lady. She sets my teeth on edge, perhaps illogically. My younger one loves Mamma Mia films, and thinks she is a good actor. 

Eddie loves his new desk. We still have the picture of Elmer the patchwork elephant on the wall, which I painted for him, when he was little. I think it's time for Elmer to go, sadly, and be painted over, or covered with a poster in the meantime. As long as I don't have to paint Percy Jackson or Alex Rider on the wall. 

How was your week? Are you excited about children going back to school today?

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