I took these photo's a few days back when we decided to check out the frozen flowers. I thought some coloured water could make things interesting and then the kids got into experimenting at the different colour combinations.




Seems food initiates a lot of coversations around here for chatting and talking maths in all shapes and forms - whether in measuring ingredients, cutting pizza slices or taking the temperature of water coming to the boil.

For a while now Nathan has been querying about how the waste water from our house gets cleaned and recycled back into our homes, so that will be something that will continue to be discussed and learnt about.

Simon's going to jack up with his workmate to have the kids in to watch and help build a bicycle and will talk to all his riding mates and set up some visits with them in their places of work (some have interesting professions!).

We were unfortunate enough last week to have a bad car accident right outside our house that required me to call 111 (but fortunately no bad injuries). So with full emergency services right outside our house it made for interesting watching for Nathan who watched the tow trucks taking the cars away, the road being washed and covered with sand and all the other goings-on.

This afternoon we had a friend over to play, so the kids spent ages out on the trampoline and in the sandpit (Nathan came inside and collected some vinegar, baking soda and red food colouring to make volcanoes).

Some lovely Danielle conversations and questions:

An out of the blue question while reading a story "Where does ear wax come from?"

While watching the TV yesterday she was pondering to herself how the people get in the TV. Later on I saw her peering in the slots at the side and came out and announced "there are no people in the TV, just the engine". That satisfied her curiosity lol.