It's all over

"It's all over, Mummy", they said. "Yes, I know", I replied. So I tried to set both girls the task of writing a little piece about Wimbledon 2009. I refused, on the grounds she had something more interesting to write about, but A wrote the following to console me:

"This year's Wimbledon was very exciting for me and my Mummy. Every afternoon me and my Mummy watched it on T.V. I felt very sorry for Mummy because Rafael Nadal was not playing this year, and I wouldn't hear "come on Nadal!" from her."

We then had a Wimbledon spelling test choosing words together that we think could be useful for a more extended description of the game: tennis - championship - court - player - singles - doubles - racquet - volley - service - ace. Our spelling tests are more spelling discussions and can last quite a while... and they're always lots of fun, with surprise insights along the way.