The kids started off their day by building a hut on Danielle's bed since I'd stripped the sheets off. So all the couch cushions were transferred down there and a hut built. I heard them discussing "collecting food for winter to store".

Then a bit of DVD watching and quite a bit of jigsaw puzzle building (haven't seen the Lego out for a few weeks - funny how that happens).

The sun hit our porch late morning and it was really nice being out there. Nathan started to draw with the chalk and was making up a story while drawing.

After lunch we all just pottered around.

Danielle's really gotten into playing Whosit (like Guess Who).

Nathan got out one of his maths workbooks that hasn't been out for over a month and wanted to work on the next section. It included collecting some data (watching the number of cars driving down our street and noting how many of each colour went by) and tossing a coin and noting the results.

"Mum, we're collecting some nature!".

Cooking some banana pancakes as a snack

Meanwhile, Danielle came out from her room all dressed up for dancing and popped on one of her dancing DVD's

Then a bit of sandpit play and tree climbing (the Magic Faraway Tree still)

The kids helped tidy up the house and unload the dishwasher, then after dinner sat down to watch the start of an old Black Beauty DVD they have (but hadn't watched yet). They were fascinated with the newborn foal scene and watching it try to walk for the first time.

At bedtime Nathan read me one of our Little Critter books. His reading is coming along really well now. No idea "where" he would be if he were in the school system, but he's loving and enjoying it and certainly building on what he knows everytime he does read.