Yesterday we spent a bit of time with friends who had travelled down country to our town for work. So the kids got to play with their 3yr old friend and his baby brother - it was so cool seeing Danielle and their boy hit it off and race around the house getting silly and right into each other. It's not often that I see her with children her own age - they are either a year younger or a couple of years older, so it was interesting to see her engaging with another child who was at a similar developmental level. They will come back and visit us tomorrow morning which will be more fun.

Today, Simon took the kids on a bike ride to replace the DVD they had out. So I had a few hours to myself to potter around. I sat outside on the chilly sunny porch with a cup of tea and started reading a home ed book I had found at the library - I was really surprised to find quite a few books there (a few years back when I was first researching there was ONE book and was a school-at-home book). I was even more surprised to find one specifically about unschooling called How Children Learn at Home - so nothing about the title really indicates unschooling, but it is. I've been skimming a bit (I seem to have lost the ability/desire to sit and read a book cover to cover even if I'm into it - strange). Now I'm left wondering WHO in our town ordered it into the library and where are they?! LOL.