Crazy busy times

Wow! We so need a quiet day at home but it's seeming next to impossible lately. We've been catching up with friends, making time for family, playcentre, 2 x different sorts of homeschooling meet ups a week and it doesn't leave a lot of downtime. It's all fun, fun, fun but Nathan has been asking for some time at home so this week I have managed to save one day where that will happen.

However, there always seems to be time for drawing and reading.

I discovered this, this evening after returning from dinner at nannie's house.

I haven't seen Danielle draw a map before, nor much more than people, so it was neat to find it. She rattled off to me who was who and what all the features were.

This afternoon Nathan and I wandered around our herb garden as I was checking out what I had growing. He was quizzing me on what they all were and was having a sniff of them all.

The kids found an old sprinkler in the garage and set it up for a wee run around in in the gorgeous warm sun and devised ways to stop the water without turning off the tap (squeezing the hose or grabbing a cardboard box and using it to shield them as they put it over the top etc).

Last night we went down to a local event to watch the fireworks display for Guy Fawke's Night. The kids had a great time out and even managed to stay awake for the display which didn't kick off till 9pm when it got dark.

We've finished reading On the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls-Wilder and I picked up the next in the series to begin soon. In the meantime we've been reading a few other short stories and poetry at bedtime.