Railway museum and Autumn projects

Well Sunday we went to see the collection of the 6 remaining worlds A4s including the mallard at the national rail museum in York! Well it was a great day out and a fantastic celebration of the 75 years since the mallard set the world speed record for a stream train! 

We also looked around the rest of the museum and enjoyed the Hornby miniature railway

There were also lots of activities in and we made our own vehicles and tested resistance 

We also drew picture of a view out a train window 

Also this week we have been finishing off our autumn trees and autumn pictures

Both girls created there own tree and leaf pictures

All in all we have had a very busy week and now we have a further vision of the girls nanny! So we are busy bees!

Spainish visitors

Well since my last post the girls grandma has arrived from Spain and is visiting for just over a week! She arrived on Tuesday and we have had lots of fun so far!

After my last post we were planning on going ice skating, well we did go and had a fantastic time.  The girls normally use penguin skating aids to help them balance but both of them had a go with out and were doing fantastic!

On Sunday we attended Church and both children are preparing to take their first Holy Communion which they will do on the 1st December, we had great fun and little one was playing with the story of the Good Shepherd and world communion.  

Monday we all spent the day together as little one was ill and we went to a home ed meeting where the children had a wonderful time playing.

Tuesday was and exciting day as that was when Grandma was visiting but she didn't arrive until around midnight so they were in bed!!

On Wednesday the girls went bowling with their Grandma and their Dad, then in the afternoon we all sat together getting crafty and making sock animals, a monkey and a rabbit. We also got messy with paint and did lots of handprints ready to make an autumn tree.

Thursday we all took some much needed down time and relaxed and then of Friday we were back in full force and went swimming!

Today we have been for a nature walk and have collected leaves and done some drawings and now we are working on our autumn lapbooks!!!

We also had a go at some pumpkin carving, we don't think they were too bad for first ever attempts.  

Then we spent some time working on our autumn projects and writing about our pumpkins.

So busy and we might even squeeze in a visit to the York railway museum to see the 75 year Mallard exhibition!!!!  

Illness, illness and more illness

Well I realise it has been a while since I posted last, the reason being we have all been ill.

Firstly it was the kids, then us then the kids again and the little one is still getting over a cough, so we have been a bit bogged down, but saying that we have still been busy.

We have made some lovely new home ed friends and have stared meeting more locally at least once a week and this is great for the kids as we are starting to get a rhythm and some level of routine.

My eldest has been working on projects of interest and we are currently working on a lapbook about cars as she asked "how are cars made mummy?" the beauty of home ed being I was able to take the time to answer this question and we watched videos read books and then started a lapbook called all about cars.

My youngest wanted to join in so has been making an abc lapbook which she loves as the main concept is cutting and sticking!!

Anyway photos to follow and we will be back in the swing of things and out ice skating tomorrow :-)

I am thankful for home ed

Well we are into October already and I am not quite sure where the year has for so far! It had been a year of change with making the decision to  home educate, this being something we will now do with our 2 children! 

I an really thankful that we found home education as it has made my happy little girl return and the sad grumpy little girl leave! 

This week has been a funny week with the change in weather making us all a bit grumpy but the beauty of home ed it that you can chill out and cuddle up when needed! 

So we started on Monday by doing a family history course at the local library and lookin into our past somethin the girls really enjoyed! Tuesday we met some other home ed families at a play centre and had a great time! Home ed was not effected by the teacher strikes! On Wednesday my car was due it MOT so we spent the first 3 hours of the day hiding from the rain in the towns central library, we read stories used the computer and completed lots of workbooks, then when the rain stopped we went for a walk round the town! 

Thursday was another strange day we all felt a bit ill so snuggled on the sofa in the morning and then went out to a toddler group in the afternoon when we returned we put on an audio book and cuddled on the sofa with mugs if hit coco, this has been the highlight of my week! 

And today Friday we went and to our first home ed book club, nervous as I had organised the event and was wondering what the turnout would be but it was great and we really enjoyed ourselves and are looking forward to the next one in November! We did the story funnybones!

Now to finish the day the girls are both at happily doing worksheets, something the only do if they choose to but they seem quite content!