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 [...]
Archive for June, 2009
A peaceful moment in time…
Posted in Everyday things.. on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Technology
Posted in Building and discovery on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Leon has been busy constructing some kind of carousel/ drop & fall machine from K-NEX…
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!
Gymnastics
Posted in Everyday things.. on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Maya had her end of term gymnastics “show” to the parents, and very proud she was too!
Thank America for “The Little Gym”!
Old cars
Posted in Journeys and Trips on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We went to see some. Richard is insisting I put a photo in. So here goes.
Maya’s books
Posted in Letters and Numbers on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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!
Yes, right now she insists on putting full stops between every word!
Grattis Farmor!
Posted in Celebrations on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Marbles
Posted in Everyday things.. on June 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Diggers
Posted in Everyday things.. on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
“Petals”
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Nature on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Rain
Posted in Everyday things.., Seasonal on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Rain rain go away, come again another day….”
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 [...]
