Let the Holidays Begin!

Making elf homes at the park.

Watching endless sunsets at the end of our garden.

Our favourite up and coming photographer, Uncle Thomas.
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Papa built his long awaited fire pit.

...and Mummy has been RELAXING!

...MORE RELAXING :)

A sprint through the sprinkler: trying to carpe diem, but secretly/or not so secretly detesting it.

Mastering the art of chess

Reading in the climbing tree pod

Meeting Nanny's new puppy.

 Gardening with Nanny.

Garden cinema

Strawberries growing in the garden

Messy play with soap and shaving foam

Monkey Girl made peppermint creams

Collecting grass seed for a few bare patches in the garden.

Explorers and Pirates 1400AD - 1600AD

We've finished!!! We have just completed our seventh year of homeschooling! 

We ended with a unit on Explorers and Pirates 1400AD- 1600AD.  

A Piratey Sort of Morning...

A few pirate insults to get them motivated :)

Solving the riddles to find the treasure (teamwork, problem solving, fun).

...the victorious treasure hunters and their hot chocolate treasure.

Pirate Madness

Obligatory treasure chest.

I made the kiddies a treasure hunt with riddles for clues...

The treasure was hot chocolate...

...hiding outside by the car, in a tin :)

Papa interrupted his relaxing evening by making some balloon swords: most important for pirate wannabes.

Oil Painting, by Ballet Girl.

My Boy

A Play and a Treasure Hunt

After a lovely weekend with friends in the sunshine we were back to business.

The girls did a play about Christopher Columbus.  They were so enthusiastic :)

The Boy worked hard today...

Tallying dice throws.

To end the day he made a pirate map and Ballet Girl helped him climb the volcanoes, traverse through the yucky mucky swamp, sneak past the giant crabs...

...through the tall trees...

...and through the long grass (I suggested this part as he made his map, and while he was busy climbing the volcanoes - also known as 'the stairs' - I ran into our field next door where the grass is super tall and hid a treasure box with gold coins in the tree trunk of our favourite tree. He had no idea and thought he was just following his own map.  He was utterly delighted when he actually found treasure :)

Explorer work :)