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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8 responses to “Fabulous weekend”
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.