Acorn people,Shakespeare and such like.

Another day is almost over and as I lay here on my bed thinking it over its as though much has been achieved even though I have felt a bit at a loose end ...even (dare I say it) bored at some points!
Thats the trouble with having free thinking, independent children. They dont need me there telling them what to do or giving help!

This morning charlie and I sat together at the table to do some form drawing and his main lesson. We lernt all about Jabel and jubal ( who descended from Cain) . These stories were new to me and it made Charlie really happy to know we were learning together.
I wanted to make up some little cards featuring punctuation poems (To help Charlie learn where to use exclamation marks,  commas and question marks ) and I asked if he would like to use some watercolor pencils to make a nice background for the poems.He happily obliged.  The situation got a tad stressful when Eva decided she needed all of the pencils to herself !

After helping Charlie I walked in to the lounge to find Jasmine and Summer working on there main lessons and that Gypsie had completed a page of maths from a workbook.
Summer had created a title page for a lesson block on Rome and jasmine had written about the characteristics of a sonnet and drawn a picture of William Shakespeare.

Just as I was feeling unneeded summer asked me to go and find a book on roman mythology for her and then I ended up reading aloud the story of Romulus and Remus.

I popped out to the shops just before lunch for a couple of necessary items and we took the opportunity to search the jewellery section of the charity shop for a necklace with suitable wooden beads to make our little acorn people.

The older girls have been doing a lot of drawing today and as usual charlie has been minecrafting and trampoline bouncing!

Blood , vampires, ghosts and more.

Yesterday  morning I had a blood test booked at the local medical centre.
Mum did offer to look after the kids for me but she had been mentioning that dad had offered to take her to the newly opened Aldi. So I insisted she go shopping instead.
I was nervous and visited the loo many a time .I am not afraid of blood tests or needles I just hate medical appointments. Anyway we got there on time and I was seen very quickly. My only issue being that they had booked the appointment in Jasmine' s name instead of mine. And then there was a small water dispenser issue , but we got in and out of the surgery fairly hassle free.
Charlie really enjoyed watching my blood being taken and calling the nurse a vampire. The nurse said to me "You'll have your hands full" and was further amused when I said  "Oh this is our sixth baby" .Gypsie had stayed at home and Jasmine was in the waiting room.

We walked home taking small diversions to collect  fir cones and conkers.
The sun was really warm and it was a gorgeous walk spoilt only by the tantrum of a toddler with new shoes .
We popped in the shops , with my still screaming toddler. Brussel sprouts were a necessity because I was cooking roast turkey....think Christmas in October.

At home we ate lunch and had a lazy afternoon , playing, looking at books,catching up on some t.v and preparing dinner . I didn't have much to do because Gypsie did the potatoes and sprouts for me.shes such a treasure.

Later in the afternoon summer and Jasmine headed out to the park with friends .returning home to a yummy dinner.
Last night I had an early night accompanied by some trashy t.v some needles thread and felt and two small people and a Halloween activity book.
Charlie had fun with the dot to dots and was delighted he could read some off the word search words without any help.

He went off to bed with his last wobbly tooth tucked inside a new felt tooth pouch.