Yesterday was an ok day, after everything was said and done. Oliver (1) spent most of the morning not feeling well. We all spent most of the morning nursing him back to health. I love having the family and lifestyle we have on a good day but its really on the days when someone is sick that you get to see how close we all really are. I watched my children shower Oliver with love and kindness. Amazing to watch them heal him like tht.
The kids spent most of the day making things. Tyler started making a board game , and under water monoply type game.
I didnt realize how much actully goes into a game untill I sat and helped Tyler a little bit with his. Holay cow. He has a pretty good idea though. Ashleigh started making an aqurime out of cereal boxes and saren wrap. It looks pretty cool. I helped her make an octupus with red legs. She is now just waiting for the paint to dry so she can move onto putting things inside of it.
Heather worked on some pages of a workbook her papa and grandma got for her. She wanted to do some of the crafts in it. So we made a paper ladybug and added another page to her calender. She wanted to make her own calnder a few weeks ago, so she made one for September (she cut out things she wanted out of a magazine to decorate it) and yesterday we made one for October (she drew a tree and pasted buttons on it for leaves) that turned out really cool. It was alot of fun to make. Oliver spent some time colouring with Markers. He is really getting into that lately.
Heather also decided yesterday that she wanted to learn time. So we started that process as well. The kids spent some time outside playing and climbing trees. We went for a drive and noticed that one of the places near our house that use to all be lovley trees and marshes is slotted for building a crop of houses. We had a political discussion on what we could do to help and why nothing is being done. We also talked about levels of Government and who is is "power" right now and what changes need to be done. It was a really good honest discussion. My children are very in touch with their social surroundings and they all seem to have a social conscious. Thats nice to see.
Tyler made sushi for eveyone for lunch yesterday and he did an amazing job.
He is really getting the rolling down pat.
Ashleigh also spent some time working with numbers. I am not really sure how she was doing it but she was adding in her head...lol..I asked her how and she tried to explain it, but alas I didnt understand. BUT shes getting the right answer and it is HER way so all is good with the world. I should go and get the day started. The sun is coming up and I wanted to get dressed before the children wake.
cheers
pheen