Quote from Hugh: “The stick I made at Co-op is also a really useful tarsier finger…” He went on to explain, “A tarsier is a kind of monkey with a really long finger”. I have no idea where he picked … Continue reading →

Maths: doing the I love you two-three-four etc game with Hugh this morning, he can now count past 29, 39 etc without going to 20-10, 30-10 like he used to.

This morning’s excitement for the kids was watching the digger excavate the drainage hole for MamaKaty’s yurt, and a drainage trench for our laundry pipe. When the digger had gone, there was still the big pile of dirt to play … Continue reading →

Yesterday was the Imot, and Jan, Libby and I had all brought stuff for the kids to do, as we’d discussed previously. They made felt pouches – Dougie and Katy sewed a rectangular pouch with a flap, and Hugh and … Continue reading →

The smalls managed to eat enough protein for breakfast that they played together very harmoniously all morning. It helped that it was sunny and relatively warm, so they spent most of it in the garden, playing on the bikes and … Continue reading →

We had a lovely Themed Thursday this week. I didn’t put a lot of effort into putting holds on books, figuring that there would always be books on fairies at the library even if they were nauseatingly pink, but then … Continue reading →

We’ve been looking forward to today for ages. K in particular was extremely excited to think about being able to see a rare astronomical phenomenonenon. We got a first look when the sky cleared just after 9am, but then it … Continue reading →

DH went down to the community centre again this morning and took the kids, then came home with them and spent most of the rest of the day working in his office. After lunch, I read some library books to … Continue reading →

Sunday 27th Katy’s first guitar concert. Monday 28th No guitar today, so we went up to town and had a BBQ lunch on the way to test out our new picnic set (we now have a picnic set which lives … Continue reading →