and I’m pretty shattered, so will blog tomorrow in more depth, but thought I should pop in tonight 
We had the Portico come visit - arriving in the middle of the night in camper van with sleeping children, having hit some of that seriously dodgy traffic which was about. On Saturday we loaded up a picnic and went to the Yorkshire Sculpture park, and met with Barbara and Jan and Jonathon. That made 11 children, ranging from six weeks to 7 years, and 6 adults, so we were a fairly formidable group as we explored the park - wonderful day. Will hope that Chris got better piccies than I did though
Saturday evening I overcame my fear of the kitchen and whipped up pasta sauce for six - the adults had takeout and wine once we’d managed to get rid of the children.
Today the weather was a bit more threatening so we stopped in. The children played together really well, and also got two of our science kits out and did science (really should have got a piccie of the rainbow experiment in my bedroom, why do I never think that at the time?), got paint out and did painting, dressed up, played out, had many stories read to them (Sarah, I’ve got a book candidate if you’re interested…have popped along to the group to add it.) P read to Big, which I thought was marvellous - it has occurred to me that she may not really know that children can read! - and she has a serious case of hero worship going on there.
She cried when they had to leave, and I wasn’t far off joining in. Wonderful, wonderful weekend - thank you for coming!
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We’re home. Sleep needed. Blog tomorrow. But yes v.enjoyable. Thank you!!
Sleep, yes…having just finished my wander round the ring, I’m off too
glad you’re back with us online! more details please? will call in morning re cat feeding.
A was telling me yesterday that Tim says he’ll still read her bedtime stories when she can read herself. I pointed out that C probably gets read to more now she can read for herself as we don’t need to spend all that time teaching her any more. And C was very positive to her about learning to read and actually being able to read too.
What’s the 2redboots book? Where have you written it, I couldn’t find it?
I wish she would learn because I think she would love reading. I would miss reading to her, it is a very special time the two of us have together. I just wish she was not so conservative in her book tastes, we are now in our fifth run through of The Faraway Tree. Aside from the ones I have read to her, I think the books I have read twice could be counted on the fingers of one hand, I always tended to rip through them and move on to the next.
Chris, Alison, lovely to see you, come back soon!
The book is in the database - somewhere in the middle, but has my name against the unit study?
Hay guys so glad you all had a wonderful weekend. Adults that meet through things
they have in common is so wonderful especially when it is something we all feel so
passionately about like children and home education. I think I feel a visit to the
midlands coming on.