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ailbhe"In winter, I get up at night
And dress by yellow candlelight.
In summer, quite the other way:
I have to go to bed by day."
Linnea is NOT HAPPY with waking up in the morning and going to bed in the morning. I wasn't there for the argument but I heard the ensuing wildness through the ceiling. Rob left the room and turned the light out an hour ago; she's still intermittently making thumping noises.
I shall have to explain that sometimes the moon comes out in the daytime and sometimes the sun is still out at night. And try to find a decent book with pictures of why.
We're going to get her a globe for her birthday, anyway - one with blue sea, because she doesn't like our tiny one with white sea. I'm not sure what else to look for in a globe for a small child.
And dress by yellow candlelight.
In summer, quite the other way:
I have to go to bed by day."
Linnea is NOT HAPPY with waking up in the morning and going to bed in the morning. I wasn't there for the argument but I heard the ensuing wildness through the ceiling. Rob left the room and turned the light out an hour ago; she's still intermittently making thumping noises.
I shall have to explain that sometimes the moon comes out in the daytime and sometimes the sun is still out at night. And try to find a decent book with pictures of why.
We're going to get her a globe for her birthday, anyway - one with blue sea, because she doesn't like our tiny one with white sea. I'm not sure what else to look for in a globe for a small child.
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Date: 2008-03-31 08:21 pm (UTC)Robustness, e.g. under being carried around from place to place other than by the base by two adult-sized hands. We have this one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/University-Cambridge-28cm-Geographical-Globe/dp/B0002BAHVE
and whilst its actual map is fine, it's flimsy - the first thing that happened was that its screw-thing pulled out of its holder-thing so that now the globe comes off the stand.