I seem to be managing to post weekly at the moment. Not the plan but it's better than nothing. The problem is that i forget the detail of what the smalls have been up to.
Bean, 10, enjoyed Fisher's Farm with his friends. The tabogan ride, cannons, indoor play, crazy golf, bouncy pillows and waiting all day for skyfall to be open. He took the boomerang out for a spin again on Saturday and Sunday. Monday he had a good go at bowling without the bumpers up and the gaming computer had its first go on in months as it is now fixed. Sims 4 and roblox were the first games to be played. We met friends on tuesday and walked to an abandoned tank where they smalls played for an hour and a half. Bean also got out the dominoes again and attempted to make a run with operating parts. He also made a balloon catapult and telephone set using paper cups and strong.
Pumpkin, 8, is back to full health. Fisher's farm with friends included the tabogan, twin swings, cannons, gold, indoor play, feeding the animals, and bouncy pillows. He had a try at the skyfall by climbing to the first ledge but decided against it. He took his bike out on saturday and played boomerang with bean. He went out with daddy on sunday to play boomerang together. He thrashed us all at bowling on monday and thoroughly enjoyed our trip to the tank to play. He has been on the gaming computer playing roblox and has had his grossery gang out to play on the chess board and pirate ship.
Plum, 5, played all day with her friend V at fisher's farm. They fed the animals and rode the ponies, played in the tree houses, tabogans, bouncy pillows, cannons, twin swings, indoor play, golf, and probably more. She had a great time playing with her cousins C and H. They mostly played small world and role play games. We went to the play park and took a bath together too. Sunday plum went to the green and played boomerang with daddy and did hama beads with both mummy and daddy. Monday she enjoyed bowling with FA#2 and tuesday she rested a lot but also played doll's house with pippin.
Pippin, 3. Pippin is now three. We celebrated on her birthday with a HE trip to Fisher's Farm. She choose all the things she wanted to do. Pony rides, tabogan, feeding and stroking the animals, ice cream, chips, indoor play, tree houses, bouncy pillows, twin swings. After four weeks of not eating she is now eating like a horse! We had a family birthday party on Saturday. FA#1 and FA#3 with cousins C and H came to play. We played pass the parcel and a few other spontaneous games. We went to play pooh sticks and boomerang and to the play park before heading home for more play and dinner and a bath. She had a great birthday.
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Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Summer Days
I have't posted for a week! Life has been busy. The day light hours are getting longer. Today is the summer solstice. The weather forecast is set at 34° today. Our home ed aim for today will be to stay cool.
Bean, 10, has spent the last week mostly involved in oreparing and displaying his Bakugan project. After weeks of trawling ebay, Saturday we found an auction listing in nearby Shoreham and they accepted our buy it now offer. Daddy took Bean down to collect a new case and 18 bakugan. Monday he displayed his project.
He has also been watching a lot of extreme sport tricks and world record holding stunts on youtube. Tight rope walking over niagra falls and the grand canyon, rock climbing without equipment up sheer rock faces, jumping without parachutes, skateboarding into the grand canyon, extreme mountain biking etc. He says he wants to overcome his fear of heights so that he can climb higher.
Pumpkin, 8, has helped taste test cakes for me for daddy's birthday party and we have been trying to faciliatate as much time as possible at home for him in between a very busy schedule. Friday we stayed home all day and made cakes and wrapped daddy's presents, Saturday morning i stayed at gome with him whilst the others went out and he and i stayed at home sunday morning whilst the others went to church. Then we drove FA#3 and family to the airport and had a beautiful drive home, just the two of us.
Monday, Pumpkin and Bean played with a HE friend that we have known for years but for the first time really connected and they have plans to go and play at his house.
Plum, 5, busy busy busy as always. Plum helped make and ice all four cakes that we made for daddy's birthday. She played relentlessly with her cousins C and H and enjoyed having them for a sleep over at the weekend, she made a new friend at the project showcase who shared their hoola hoop with her. She also took her my little ponies to display and another HE teen helped her to mix slime. She has met a friend at fisher's farm and played in the new indoor area together. And when she needs a rest she takes her tablet up to her room and watches youtube.
Pumpkin, 2, is a delight. She's there mixing cakes with us and hanging the laundry, she hides every nappy change under the duvets and sheets and then i have to hide from her too, she chops vegetables for dinner and feeds the rabbits with me, she colours and loads her own films to watch. She has begun to copy the dancing in films, her best being madagascar' "move it, move it," nut job's "gangnam style," and frozen "do you wanna build a snowman?" Her sleeping patterns are unpredictable as she transitions from regular afternoon nap to no nap through late afternoon nap which the heat is contributing to.
We have also managed to complete our lego card collection, pending promised cards, watched lego batman together, played at Fisher's Farm Splash Attack and go karts, where bean gave plum and pippin rides around the track, and went to the animal handling, held daddy's birthday party and played with lots of friends.
Today we will stay at home and rest, with no specific plans, except to stay cool in the heat.
Bean, 10, has spent the last week mostly involved in oreparing and displaying his Bakugan project. After weeks of trawling ebay, Saturday we found an auction listing in nearby Shoreham and they accepted our buy it now offer. Daddy took Bean down to collect a new case and 18 bakugan. Monday he displayed his project.
He has also been watching a lot of extreme sport tricks and world record holding stunts on youtube. Tight rope walking over niagra falls and the grand canyon, rock climbing without equipment up sheer rock faces, jumping without parachutes, skateboarding into the grand canyon, extreme mountain biking etc. He says he wants to overcome his fear of heights so that he can climb higher.
Pumpkin, 8, has helped taste test cakes for me for daddy's birthday party and we have been trying to faciliatate as much time as possible at home for him in between a very busy schedule. Friday we stayed home all day and made cakes and wrapped daddy's presents, Saturday morning i stayed at gome with him whilst the others went out and he and i stayed at home sunday morning whilst the others went to church. Then we drove FA#3 and family to the airport and had a beautiful drive home, just the two of us.
Monday, Pumpkin and Bean played with a HE friend that we have known for years but for the first time really connected and they have plans to go and play at his house.
Plum, 5, busy busy busy as always. Plum helped make and ice all four cakes that we made for daddy's birthday. She played relentlessly with her cousins C and H and enjoyed having them for a sleep over at the weekend, she made a new friend at the project showcase who shared their hoola hoop with her. She also took her my little ponies to display and another HE teen helped her to mix slime. She has met a friend at fisher's farm and played in the new indoor area together. And when she needs a rest she takes her tablet up to her room and watches youtube.
Pumpkin, 2, is a delight. She's there mixing cakes with us and hanging the laundry, she hides every nappy change under the duvets and sheets and then i have to hide from her too, she chops vegetables for dinner and feeds the rabbits with me, she colours and loads her own films to watch. She has begun to copy the dancing in films, her best being madagascar' "move it, move it," nut job's "gangnam style," and frozen "do you wanna build a snowman?" Her sleeping patterns are unpredictable as she transitions from regular afternoon nap to no nap through late afternoon nap which the heat is contributing to.
We have also managed to complete our lego card collection, pending promised cards, watched lego batman together, played at Fisher's Farm Splash Attack and go karts, where bean gave plum and pippin rides around the track, and went to the animal handling, held daddy's birthday party and played with lots of friends.
Today we will stay at home and rest, with no specific plans, except to stay cool in the heat.
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
Five Years
Although our decorations are still up, today really marks the end of Christmas for us as daddy's 11 day staycation is over and he returns to work.
Yesterday we celebrated Plum's fifth birthday. Some of us stayed at home all day enjoying a much needed At Home Day. Plum wanted to go the the play park at Sainsbury's with daddy and Pippin, 2, went too. We had birthday lunch with presents and cake made by daddy. Plum got a ballet dress and Peppa Pig puzzle, toy horses, a cake making playdough set and some tights. She spent the morning curled up in bed eatching on her tablet after an initial board game of dinosaur races with Bean, 9, and mummy. After the trip to the park she came home and played with her playdough and horses.
Pumpkin, 7, decided on an app to buy with some of his Christmas money. He chose toca lab and sat and played it most of the day. During the evening he organised his apps on his tablet into different catergories: fighting games, toca games, building and block games, round games.
Bean played the escapists again in the afternoon for a while. But mostly he wanted to be left alone today.
Yesterday we celebrated Plum's fifth birthday. Some of us stayed at home all day enjoying a much needed At Home Day. Plum wanted to go the the play park at Sainsbury's with daddy and Pippin, 2, went too. We had birthday lunch with presents and cake made by daddy. Plum got a ballet dress and Peppa Pig puzzle, toy horses, a cake making playdough set and some tights. She spent the morning curled up in bed eatching on her tablet after an initial board game of dinosaur races with Bean, 9, and mummy. After the trip to the park she came home and played with her playdough and horses.
Pumpkin, 7, decided on an app to buy with some of his Christmas money. He chose toca lab and sat and played it most of the day. During the evening he organised his apps on his tablet into different catergories: fighting games, toca games, building and block games, round games.
Bean played the escapists again in the afternoon for a while. But mostly he wanted to be left alone today.
Monday, 2 January 2017
Celebrating You (Plum)
Celebrating Plum, aka Anna Grace, today who turns five, FIVE!! Having not spent a full day at home since... i can't remember...over 10 days, which is unusual for us plus the busyness of Christmas and all the tiredness that that brings, we have plans to stay at home all day. It is bank holiday so daddy is here to. There will definitely be presents and birthday tea with cake (i have seen the cake daddy has made.) There is a party planned for Thursday to celebrate with friends and family.
Plum, 5, has recently moved into her own bed. She has spent the Christmas period sleeping on the boy's bedroom floor and has already mentioned that she wants to sleep in her room when she has to move out of theirs. I still have the privaledge of holding her hand and lying with her though as she falls asleep. She tends to go to bed between 9 and 10pm with Bean and wake up about 9am although she has been know to sleep until 11am on occasion.
She is incredibly social. She loves being out of the house and in large groups of people. She has friends of all ages. She enjoys playing with older girls and just recently she has taken to successfully organising small groups of friends in the game that she has devised. She equally enjoys friends of her own age and younger. She is just as happy to play with Pippin, 2, and her cousins C, 4, and H, 2. Plum particulary enjoys small world and role play/ dressing up games. She plays through family scenerios a lot in these games, most of them revolving around a 'mummy's and daddy's' theme. Her favourite things to encorporate in her play (other than other people) are dollies and soft toys with accompanying equipment, polly pocket, doll's house, kitchen set and she is loving her new collection of My Little Ponies. Plum also likes crafting and making. She loves painting and sticking and junk modelling and especially play dough and face painting. She is a natural goal setter. She is able to tell you what she is trying to achieve and then will set about working on it until it is accomplished. She is a natural gymnast and enjoys tumbling and is currently trying to perfect a head stand.
She has definite preverances in what she wears. She loves dresses and most things pink or sparkly but she also loves to wear items with pictures of her favourite things on, Hello Kitty or My Little Pony. She likes to "decorate" herself too. She likes to wear nail polish and braclets and necklaces. Sometimes she will ask for hair clips too.
Plum likes watching Youtube. She enjoys watching toy reviews and often asks for things she has seen on there. Her favourite though is Family Fun Pack. She also enjoys playing cbeebies games and dressing up and make up game son Friv. Her favourite thing to watch is the cbeebies pantos and ballets.
She is a very busy little one. Most of the things she does happen all at once with a board game thrown in too. There are often several moments a day when she requires everything to happen simultaneously before she settles on one game or activity. However she also knows when she needs to rest. She likes to curl up cosy somewhere, on a bed or make a den or cuddle on the sofa or watch a dvd. She knows her own mind and how to articulate what she wants but is also able to show huge consideration for others and suggest plans and ideas that will suit everyone. One of her most used phrases is "why don't we...." as she proposes what we can do so everyone is happy with the outcome. She also likes to say "why don't you....whilst i...." as she organises everyone.
Five years seems to have gone incredibly quickly and also marks the beginning of our HE journey and meeting the first of our HE friends.
Plum, 5, has recently moved into her own bed. She has spent the Christmas period sleeping on the boy's bedroom floor and has already mentioned that she wants to sleep in her room when she has to move out of theirs. I still have the privaledge of holding her hand and lying with her though as she falls asleep. She tends to go to bed between 9 and 10pm with Bean and wake up about 9am although she has been know to sleep until 11am on occasion.
She is incredibly social. She loves being out of the house and in large groups of people. She has friends of all ages. She enjoys playing with older girls and just recently she has taken to successfully organising small groups of friends in the game that she has devised. She equally enjoys friends of her own age and younger. She is just as happy to play with Pippin, 2, and her cousins C, 4, and H, 2. Plum particulary enjoys small world and role play/ dressing up games. She plays through family scenerios a lot in these games, most of them revolving around a 'mummy's and daddy's' theme. Her favourite things to encorporate in her play (other than other people) are dollies and soft toys with accompanying equipment, polly pocket, doll's house, kitchen set and she is loving her new collection of My Little Ponies. Plum also likes crafting and making. She loves painting and sticking and junk modelling and especially play dough and face painting. She is a natural goal setter. She is able to tell you what she is trying to achieve and then will set about working on it until it is accomplished. She is a natural gymnast and enjoys tumbling and is currently trying to perfect a head stand.
She has definite preverances in what she wears. She loves dresses and most things pink or sparkly but she also loves to wear items with pictures of her favourite things on, Hello Kitty or My Little Pony. She likes to "decorate" herself too. She likes to wear nail polish and braclets and necklaces. Sometimes she will ask for hair clips too.
Plum likes watching Youtube. She enjoys watching toy reviews and often asks for things she has seen on there. Her favourite though is Family Fun Pack. She also enjoys playing cbeebies games and dressing up and make up game son Friv. Her favourite thing to watch is the cbeebies pantos and ballets.
She is a very busy little one. Most of the things she does happen all at once with a board game thrown in too. There are often several moments a day when she requires everything to happen simultaneously before she settles on one game or activity. However she also knows when she needs to rest. She likes to curl up cosy somewhere, on a bed or make a den or cuddle on the sofa or watch a dvd. She knows her own mind and how to articulate what she wants but is also able to show huge consideration for others and suggest plans and ideas that will suit everyone. One of her most used phrases is "why don't we...." as she proposes what we can do so everyone is happy with the outcome. She also likes to say "why don't you....whilst i...." as she organises everyone.
Five years seems to have gone incredibly quickly and also marks the beginning of our HE journey and meeting the first of our HE friends.
Sunday, 13 May 2012
Feeling very blessed today. I read in a magazine ‘If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life’ – and that’s certainly how I feel. How blessed am I that I am in a position to be with my children all day every day? And I don’t mean I don’t ‘work’ because as any stay at home mum or home educator knows we work very hard but how fortunate not to have to work long hours at something I don’t enjoy just to survive or slave for the fortune of someone else?
I’m also feeling blessed at the beautiful gift of children. I’m blessed to have three healthy, happy children and a wonderful extended family. Today was the birthday trip to the in-laws, a large gathering, party lunch and wonderful cake courtesy of favourite auntie #3. I have mentioned how important family are to us before and there is no exception here. Some people have been surprised by my fondness for my in-laws as if it is the written law that everyone should be at odds with theirs, well I am not (so nerr)
The boys today got busy drawing, something that I know nana and granddad will appreciate greatly being that way inclined themselves and the accompaniment of classical music in the background gave a very relaxed feel to the room. There was also some individual pursuits in building and reading but mostly there was playing with L and J in the garden, all having a lovely time and all getting along fantastically considering it’s only the second time they’ve met. On the way home Bean asked, ‘how old is L?’ We weren’t sure so suggested we could ask fav auntie#3 or bfg. Bean suggested we could ask L. Brilliant! Why didn’t I think of that?
I rounded off the day attending church with Plum whilst daddy put the boys to bed. Had an update on a charity we support, Raising Hope Foundation, which only added to my feeling of how blessed I am. Daddy also cooked some supper for us. A very blessed day indeed.
Thursday, 3 May 2012
It's a family affair
Family are such an important part of our life. Relationships and securing those relationships is vital to our health and effects well into adult life. It affects our interaction in society too. Our family relationships are the building blocks for future ones too.
This past week we have visited all our close family starting with favourite aunties 1 and 2, cousin b and uncle b. Here we spent a relaxed day going to the park, making chocolate easter nests and laughing at dropped jam tarts...sounds sticky!
This trip was followed 2 sleeps later with a trip to nana and grandad's to celebrate nana's birthday with favourite auntie no.3 and byfg, and cousin j. We stayed the night which we haven't done for a while and for Plum's first sleepover it went very well. Bean and Pumpkin got crafty and both made beautiful pirate pictures for cousin c.
One sleep later we are at grandma and pops. Hopefully playing in the new forest. Bean is going to stay a few days on his own.
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