Last weekend Nathan and Simon made a catapult down in the garden. The kids nanny and grampie came over late afternoon and Nathan was keen to show it to them. Of course, he didn't need to come inside and tattle on his nanny "nanny shot a pinecone at your vegetables!". Hehe.

We've been baking and Nathan's busy trying to make sense of fractions and relating back a physical portion to say a part cup portion. It's interesting watching the cogs tick over and things click into place for him. This evening he was telling Simon that we'd saved 3 muffins, but he wanted to cut them in half and get 6 pieces. This isn't a new thing for him to get but it's nice to see it all coming together in his own time.

Nathan was waiting for our vege box delivery to arrive today and pounced on the box as soon as it was unpacked. He chopped off the flaps, punched holes at the top with scissors and proceeded to thread string through to the opposite side and then tie them off. He'd seen a friend making a woven artpiece using a box a few days before so was inspired by it. His however was just going to have hanging things coming off the strings (and he noted their ability to play music). It's a work in progress apparently. A ball of string sure has been a daily source of entertainment around this house for the past month.

We're about a quarter of the way through On the Banks of Plum Creek and Nathan is really enjoying it and asks for one more chapter and one more chapter...

Danielle's been really busy playing and creating with the lego lately and showing me things that she's put together. Usually she builds houses for people to live and do things in, but today she made a flying car and a few other things. She's been right into dressing up her baby dolls lately as well.

I wandered past the kids in the hallway today as they were playing a game that Danielle had made up. She had my shoes and had them loaded up with marbles which must have been like people and they were travelling down the hallway in them hehe. Why do I buy toys for her lol - she manages to create a game from the most ordinary of things.