Today the rain returned with a vengence - and thunder thrown in for good measure. Was cold and wet for a lot of the day.

We got out our Earthwise book again and looked for more autumn activities to do. We came across Baked Apples and with our abundance of apples from Monday's collection it seemed perfect.

So we mixed up a range of tasty ingredients to poke down the hole where I had cored the apples. We used peanut butter, chopped up dates, honey and cinnamon.

Nathan then carried on in the kitchen playing with his volcano, vinegar and baking soda.

We had been to the library yesterday so sat down to read heaps of books in front of the fire. They then wanted to do some workbook pages - Nathan's into a maths one and a spelling one at the moment, and Danielle's book is full of fun matching or counting exercises.

Nathan then spent a bit of time writing out messages and notes with my help.

After lunch the kids did manage to get out for a quick play in the sandpit.


Mid afternoon a friend come over to play.

After dinner we've been sitting around and I read to us all from a book called Under the Mountain. Simon is keen to sit in on the story too as it was made into a TV series when we were probably about 10 so it has been neat to relive it via the book which neither of us has read.