Blogs from Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

Sightseeing in Lavenham On 24 June, except Mark who came to the dining table at 9:30, we all got up by 9 o’clock and had breakfast at the big dining table. As expected, it was bright and sunny in the morning. At 10:30, John and Mary drove us to Lavenham. After parking their cars, we popped to Lavenham Parish Church, St Peter and St Paul’s Church. My mother started sketching the church at the entrance. After that, we entered the church and strolled through the Nave, aisles, and choir. There were a lot of tombs and memorials of the people who were associated with the church and Lavenham. I showed my parents “Baby Brass”, ancient font, the war memorial, and the Spring Parclose, where the tomb of Thomas Spring who offered generous amount of money for ... read more

It was a very clear and sunny in Bury St Edmunds on 1 November 2005. John, Mary, Mark and I strolled through the historical spots of Bury St Edmunds. After leaving the Car Park, we stopped at the 13th century Abbot’s Bridge crossing over the river. We weren’t able to cross over the bridge, but the authentic stone arch bridge offered a picturesque sight with willows, golden, red, and yellow coloured leaves, and waterfowl, which were reflected on the water. Next, we entered the Abbey Garden, and walked around the flowerbeds, rose garden, and aviary. Winter flowering plants e.g. pansies, primulars, planted in the flowerbeds. After ambling through the garden, we approached St Edmundsbury Cathedral from the rose garden. The cathedral looked a brand new building as it had been re-built with the millennium project. We ... read more

So here is my confession for the month of November on the 4th of November I was beat up by a two year old, literally. The story begins that I was leading circle time righ before lunch. Part way through a story one of the boys started to beat up on another little girl for blocking his view of the book. He is much bigger than the girl so I was worried for her and thus moved the boy out of the cirlce. I guess that upset him even more because he started hitting me with a piece of toy celery from our kitchen area. I must admit that it felt like I was getting a shot in the arm. I tried to ignore him by continuing with the story and I guess that made him ... read more

So Im enjoying work more and more everyday, especially now that I am getting the hang of how my classroom works. However, I must admit that today crossed the line into crazy land. The biting was a tad less today but I did get to experience something quite funny (at least it was funny a while after it happened). Anyway, I had been at work about an hour when we went outside so the kids could run out some of the energy. Well one of the girl's mom, who works at the CDC, came out to play with her for a bit. However, she soon went back to work and Elzie had a major freakout. She started screaming and crying for her mom to come back. I went over and picked her up telling her ... read more

So its true: the "Terrible 2s" do exist and man are they crazy little buggers! Now I am used to working long shifts and I am used to working with kids, just not 8 hours with 14 two year olds. Man they are very entertaining but I was exhausted after my first day. Yesterday was my first day at the centre and I was supposed to be a shadow. But of course after about an two hours I was thrown the gist of things. Actually one of the very first things I got to do was file an incident report because I was the only that witnessed one child bite another and it left a nice indentation. The kids are reaching an age where sharing is a newly encouraged action but one that is still quite ... read more