It's been a case of enjoying the outdoors on the non-rainy days while we can, and hunkering down and enjoying the inside together time the rest of the time.
We settled down in front of the fire this morning to read up about the coming Winter Solstice and Matariki and to make plans for our feast and what seasonal decorations we'd put up. The kids were then inspired to make some drawings about the seasons (and Nathan wanted to add a poem to his).
We did reading on Maori mythology and a bit from Story of the World.
After lunch, the rain stopped and the sun came out, so off outside we went. The kids were investigating under the stones for what little creatures were hiding. They then disappeared around the side of the house to dig a few holes where I'd removed some leaves to add as mulch to the garden. Then the rain came back about 1/2 hr later (which was perfect timing as it was pretty cold out there).
Back inside for a snack. Danielle had found a few activities in our Earthwise book that she wanted to do again (we did these last year).
The previous week was a collection of inside and out...
Nathan's right into Monopoly at the moment, so we've had a few games of that. Daneille's discovered a few more of our games that she enjoys. Nathan's been continuing to play and figure out numbers and how they all work together. Danielle's been playing on the computer with a reading CD-Rom we have.
We've been doing a bit of kitchen science again...revisiting a few old favourites, and a discovering a few new ones.
Danielle's book of animal portraits. These little fellas have really been a favourite in this house for many years now.
A walk down to the park
(you'd think this kid thinks it's summer still!)
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