A busy child lead day.

My goodness me what a busy day yesterday was. It was all child lead. There was DIY beauty products being made by summer. She had been watching u tube tutorials on her phone . She made lip balms, soap cakes, bath salts and all from ingredients she found in the kitchen cupboards ! There was candle making too. Summer melted down lots of old tea lights to make a large floating candle. She used a cookie cutter as a mold. It looks very pretty! Charlie and gypsies rolled beeswax candles. It was gypsies idea to make them and then Charlie came along behind her useing the scraps to make mini candles . He gifted one to Nannie . Gypsies also looked up maps of central America for her main lesson and summer finished her block on America with a page about the statue of liberty . Charlie did a 3D puzzle and has dismantled his teafoc bricks ready to begin a new project. Jasmine made some very lovely cupcakes .There were rose water ones for her brothers n sisters (no egg) and chocolate and orange ones for her to share with me and her dad. They taste fantastic! When Eva wasn't nursing she was drawing , Chalking and throwing bricks around. I myself was kept busy with the cutting down of nettles ,loading and unloading the dishwasher and washing machine constantly ,hoovering and happily praising my children for there efforts . Charlie had a nice surprise in the afternoon .My sister had spotted a kit in the charity shop.It has a variety of rubber band powered cars to build and Charlie and i were kept busy with that for a long time. Not that he really needed much help.He's playing with them now as type actually .so a pound well spent. Thank you auntie Hayley. There was also time for a few stories and cuddled and kisses too. been.

Last night i had a lovely phone conversation with a fellow home educator and genuinely lovely lady . It was great to chat with some one id got to know on line. Its a shame i called her because she had been upset but she reassured me that she was ok. We planned to have a bonfire also but i ended up putting it out because it was far to windy. Perhaps we will do it tonight. I wonder what today will bring . XXX

Wreaths, St Nicholas and a hard week

This past week has been hard work. 

Tuesday morning i was sat on my bed with Eva when she  stepped of the edge and unfortunately hit her forehead on the chest of draws. This resulted in a small but deep cut just above her right eyebrow. I was a right state and remained that way for quite some time. i was a quivering wreck and Eva , well dispute having a cut head was absolutely fine . After seeing a nurse at medical centre in the next village we were sent p to the hospital a and e department.

I felt so guilty.Guilty because i was sat right next to her and didn't manage to catch her before she hurt herself , and guilty for having a total panicky flip out.

As i said though Eva is just fine .Thank God.

Thursday was another emotional day .I'm not going to go in to it too much but it involves Jasmine talking inappropriately with boys on line. Anger , frustration , embarrassment , mistrust you name it i felt it.And I'm guessing Jasmine did to .

Anyways things have not been easy at all, and to top it all of we have all come down with a cold. Sore throats , bunged up noses , fevers , general yuckyness.

I'm hoping whatever it is doesn't linger too long.

On a more possitive note let me show you some of the lovely things my little ones have been up to .

 Eva continues to be a little book worm...

 We made our Advent leaf to welcome the first Sunday of Advent.


Letters were left out for St Nicholas.

 And gifts were found the next morning .

We spent some time baking and colouring and painting .

 

 And then late yesterday afternoon the door bell rang and the little ones were very happy to find that an elf was coming to stay again . There were flowers and chocolates to , by means of an apology for arriving late. In the note that accompanied the elf he has informed us that he will try to be good. Although it would seem he has already been up to mischief!

 Upon waking this morning Charlie was very amused to find Peppermint parachuting from the lampshade!

Um what else..... oh Candles, Charlie and Summer asked me if we could make some candles for Nanny and Courtney for gifts.

 I v also helped charlie make a little festivals of light accordion fold book.We intend to research the festivals he is not so familiar with.

Now I'm off to bed and praying that we all wake feeling refreshed and ready to enjoy a festive weekend!