Today when I was busy trying to cook a fish pie, while simultaneously pack our suitcases for England, I looked up and saw three lovely children in a line, all busy with different bits and bobs!
Leon had his last morning in school today, and early tomorrow morning we are off to England for nearly 3 weeks. I will try to continue to blog as much as I can….
Right now, other than chess and numbers, construction is one of Leon’s greatest loves! Usually it is with lego, but this K-NEX was a great hit!
Maya had her end of term gymnastics “show” to the parents, and very proud she was too!
Thank America for “The Little Gym”!
We went to see some. Richard is insisting I put a photo in. So here goes.
Lately Maya has really got into writing small books. The story lines are pretty much the same, though the animal involved changes, but they’re pretty fantastic to me!
Can you read the story?
Yes, right now she insists on putting full stops between every word!
Yesterday Leon and Maya had some friends to play, so I managed to have lots of alone time with Alfie. He currently enjoys “bubbles” (marbles) very much. The game is to have some in a tray, roll them about a bit, then take them out one by one, and shout “borta!” (gone!) when the tray is empty. And then start all over again.
Out on (another!) rainy day walk this morning (yes, it’s gone down to 9 degrees C !), we were lucky enough to see some diggers in action, smoothing out mud and spreading gravel to make a new path. Well, Alfie – who absolutely LOVES diggers, was so excited!
And predictably, out came the diggers when we got home!
The unplugged project is run by a mother (homeschooler!), who has chosen to bring up her children without television and video games, and who sets out a weekly project for others to take part in via the internet. The project is usually just a word, and is open-ended, can be done with children or just by adults, and can be as big or small as you like.
This weeks project word was “petals”.
After reading the book “Planting a rainbow”, we decided to look for as many petals that we could find which were colours of the rainbow. We brought them inside, examined their shape and colour, and tried to find the exact matching colour crayon – and then drew them.
A basic idea – but “petals” none the less!
Inevitably the warm weather has moved on, and we have rain!
The first rain however, always reminds me of my dear friend Fiona in California, whom would always knock on my door with welly-booted children clad in shiny wet raincoats, on their return from a “rain walk”. I needed no more inspiration than this today…. thank you Fiona!
Oh the fun we can have in the rain!
... but the gutter puddles are always the best!
Checking out the drains.... where does all that water go?
What?! Even our front steps are wet?!?
Unfortunately however, no sightings of any snails!