A few days back went to our latest favourite playground and took a little bush walk and discovered a lovely sloping hill that the kids wanted to roll down. Well, it sure was fun, but as Nathan discovered there *is* such a thing as too much of a good thing. He ended up with a *very* seedy tummy that was emptied upon arriving back home. Just looking at the pictures made him feel sick again lol.


Nathan's really picking up the pace on reading and has been enjoying reading early readers to us and figuring out words that he's not familiar with. I realised that he was getting confused over his b and d (he never used to get them muddled) so we worked on little rhymes and a "picture" on how to form them so it might jog his memory (for b he says "bat and ball" and imagines the stick as the bat and the circle as the ball and for d he says "daddy the diver - circle for the mask, up and down for snorkle"). He said he didn't realise they were different till we drew them next to each other.

We went to the library yesterday and grabbed a random bunch of books on Mexico (including some kids recipe books), the Titanic, craft and drawing books as well as some chapter books. I spoke to the librarian who gives advice on book choices for kids and she was fantastic with suggestions for my practical boy who is not into "silly" stories such as the popular Aussie Bites. We came home with some Magic School Bus chapter books that both kids enjoy listening to. I also found an abridged fully illustrated version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to read them. Not as good as the full book which Nathan and I read last year, but enjoyed by both. We've spent a lot of time sitting out on the porch in the late morning sun producing all that good Vitamin D.

Nathan's Castle

Down in the garden this afternoon we discovered a couple of dandelions (woohoo, finally, I've only been finding the "imposters" up till now) and the kids collected a variety of flowers and we decided to freeze them to playing with tomorrow.

(you can see red cup marks around Danielle's cheeks - we juiced some beetroot, apple and carrots for an afternoon snack - yum, yum).

While I was weeding they were "making a surprise" for me up on the higher level. I was then invited up to check it out and they'd made a path all the way across the lawn, in front of the garage and a little bridge had been constructed.

Nathan continued on with "making a surprise" in his bedroom this afternoon.