Colds, sunburns and homework..

We've had a busy few days. Both kids had shared a cold with each other, so both missed a day of school this week. Which led to homework to catch up on. This weekend we went to a friends house so the hubby could help them with their internet. These houses all have concrete walls, so wireless internet is quite tricky. He likes to say the walls are like kryptonite :) We had a lovely time though, it's the kids friends from school. We ate some chinese food, had some wine, and chatted the night away. They are a very nice family, and we love to spend time with them. Their son was home from boarding school, he's a very nice boy. I learned that i don't have to worry about monkey's grades to much! I found out he is where he should be. Apparently his targets aren't for the end of the year this year, but for the end of his stage. Which is year 9. So it seems it's more about the stages, than the years. He is key stage 3, which is years 7 to 9. So his target was a 7b, and he was at a 5b. Well it hadn't changed at the time of his report. So i was wondering how in three months he was to go up that much?! When he hadn't moved at all, but it's not supposed to go that much. So he has until year 9, not the next 3 months. What a relief! I hope that made sense to someone, as it barely does in my head. Basically he is doing find, and i think i might understand this system a bit more :) Monkey got to sleep over with his friend that night, and he was happy. Midget was sad, she wanted to stay but her friend had gotten what they all had earlier in the week. It worked out well though as she had forgotten to get me an invitation so i would know about her other friends party. The mom called the next morning asking if she was coming... oops. So i ran her over there and she got to stay for part of it. So it all worked out in the end. Boy do i miss doing nothing sometimes! I believe i should put a meter in the car for all the back and forth we do here. But the kids are having fun, so that's what counts. So that is all we have been doing. Catching up on school work, trying to teach midget her times tables and division, which is no easy task. Helping monkey on his project, which is doing at the end of this month, and trying to keep the germs at bay :)