Thursday, June 28, 2012

Cooking, Drawing and Writing

This post seems a bit disjointed and random to me but it comes at the beginning of a very long period of near constant illness for our family.  So it is what it is...

Both the boys enjoy helping me in the kitchen.  Today we made some savoury muffins to serve as afternoon tea when a friend came over for a visit.  Monster chose to help while Monkey observed. 

Monkey is VERY interested in drawing and "writing" - so the rest of the photos are examples of his work.  Yes he was very sick when he drew most of these as you will see in his face and eyes!  He drew lots of ants, bees, and slugs... 







Two examples of his "writing" 


A self portrait 

And some more writing - he wrote the letter "B" by himself!!

Monday, June 25, 2012

Gardening

The boys have enjoyed helping daddy grow some flowers in trays on the front verandah.
Periodically one or both of them would check for (and pull) the weeds, and give the plants a bit of water.  Next we hope to try growing some strawberries and maybe tomatoes as well.




Friday, June 8, 2012

Our Growing Group


Our homeschool group has seen some new families join and we have a good sized (perfect I would say) group now.  The children are comfortable with each other and enjoy learning and playing together.  The core group is in the 5-8 year old range, but then we have a smaller group in the 2-4 year old range, and four babies who are 1 year old or younger!  I'm excited to see what the future holds for our group!