It’s been ages and I have an active A on my lap (combination typing / cuddle) but time to catch up what I can remember.
First I think was Ernest and Buttercup’s joint birthday party. Lots of pizza, lots of children having fun, impressive sleeping arrangements and a very nice time. The main event was the taking over of the local leisure pool, with water flume and occasional wave machine. K had a go down the flume with me, L went twice (despite my dunking her in the exit pool fairly comprehensively) and apparently has been asking to go swimming every day since (I don’t think she realises that swimming won’t always mean all that. After the swimming was a party at the leisure centre and the glow sticks in the party bags triggered lots of fun in the dark field behind the leisure centre.
Someone in the local home ed. group had organised a trip to a local orchard, and the very nice man who runs it took everyone on a trip around in trailers behind his tractor. Explanation of cuttings and grafting, the need for a pond and some DIY apple picking. He makes and sells juices, so there was a tour around the juicing and bottling equipment.
Katy’s cousin’s children had their baptism – J2 is 6 and E is younger than our A. The vicar knew J2 and was obviously glad to have children in church. She involved J2 much more than just getting him wet, and E burbled at the right places, and didn’t cry at the right places too. On the way back home, A got very unhappy and her crying seemed to include “oh mum-mum” – maybe her first words, but I haven’t heard them since. She has been experimenting with vegetable eating – occasional enthusiasm but it’s early days yet.
A friend of a friend is a local park ranger and so J, K and L enjoyed doing some pond dipping. J and K have been to Badgers which is still going well, and for which a uniform will arrive for them soon – something else to lose / stress about / get late over / find again?
I expect many other things have happened, but that’s all I can remember!
UPDATED: I forgot to mention that Katy has done her first Latin with J, K and L. Actually it was (by design) a mini-gathering of some local Home Ed. families, with cooking, a bit of crafts and science and running around the garden like loons.
