Nathan's becoming a keen and confident reader and sat and read for 15mins and got halfway through The Cat in the Hat. Danielle proudly told her speech therapist this morning that "Natey's been reading Cat in the Hat to me, it's written by Dr Suess!".

Watching: The Wizard of Oz.

Getting all excited over the vege box that was delivered.

Meeting with friends and forming a tribe, collecting wild weeds for food, making tools and furniture.

New books from the library: Nathan's requests included Mountains, Rain Forests, the Water Cycle, Wahine disaster and Praying mantis' (after our encounters during the week). Danielle just grabs random books of all types - love these, as we end up with books that I might not otherwise I have chosen or thought of. I got a sideways look from the librarian when my card went over its limit - so I instructed Nathan to hand his over to get the rest of the books out lol.

Continuing on with the domino theme using the library's cushions in the kid area.

Waiting for me while I chose some adult books.

Discovering new words from an interesting story with lovely descriptive language: ravine, abyss, gargoyles, meddling, apprentice, cauldron and hue to name a few.

Grocery shopping - seems to always motivate Nathan to write up a list of items to ensure nothing he wants gets forgotten. He then wanted to read out the items for buying from my list - only problem that the way I write a list isn't logical so it frustrated him that he couldn't just run his finger down the list telling me what to buy since we weren't in the right department at the time!

Helping me chop up some plantain and pouring in the apple cider vinegar to make a tincture.


We were checking out an awesome huge full moon tonight, with a beautiful clear sky (there will be a frost overnight) - shame I don't possess the photography skills to take a good shot or one that does it justice though! It was amazing watching it pop up from behind the hill and in a matter of a couple of minutes it had come up completely.