tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78137125307504392812024-02-19T00:21:12.304-08:00Brighter BeginningsI'm a Mum of 3, home educator and childminder. This is a place to share my planning, arts, crafts, gardening, cooking and other activities for the preschool years and beyond. As well as my own crafts, gardening and some home education thrown in tooHelen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-54860234585582204292020-01-24T08:37:00.002-08:002020-03-29T04:00:39.367-07:00Polar Regions and ColoursI set up our sensory tray with a variety of animals from both polar regions, we have made a start reading through some of our polar books. We have also been working our way through the Frozen Planet documentary and on Curiosity Stream we found a wonderful penguin documentary called Penguin Central, looking at 4 different locations around New Zealand.<br />
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L spent some time building an igloo out of lego</div>
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and then attempting to make one out of marshmallows, not easy!</div>
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On twinkl we found some lovely <a href="https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-c-7118-arctic-yoga-story">polar yoga cards</a>, so I have printed and laminated them. I have also bookmarked cosmic yoga <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP9jd1Ug2y4">polar bear</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSZvMHlw9vs&t=297s">penguin</a> sessions to use later on.</div>
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I have found out some more books for L to read, I've also bought her <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emperor-Penguin-Merlin-Missions-Paperback/dp/0375837345/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=eve+of+the+emperor+penguin&qid=1579808010&sr=8-1">Eve of the Emperor Penguin</a>, I hadn't realised that the magic treehouse now do books for the older reader as in 7+, we have read lots of their younger series and enjoyed.</div>
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We've also mapped the climate across the world using a <a href="https://mysteryscience.com/weather/mystery-3/climate-geography-global-weather-patterns/98?r=19649904">Mystery Science</a> lesson.</div>
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We have also been looking at colours, starting with primary colours, the secondary etc, L loves to mix and experiment with colours, so thought we would have a play again with skittles. Place skittles on a plate in a pattern, add some water and wait and see the colours emerge.</div>
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We have used some of the sheets from Evan-Moor's <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Teach-Art-Children-Grades/dp/1629388750/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=art+evan+moor&qid=1579808663&sr=8-2">Teaching Children Art</a>, looking at how overlaying colours can create new ones.<br />
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We have also been creating a colour wheel, starting with primary colours and then working through to tertiary colours. Then on another session we had the paints out, my idea was for L to enjoy mixing the different colours and painting her own picture but actually she wanted to recreate the colour wheel with paint, drawing it all out by hand.<br />
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We have an amazing games shop in our town, we popped in before Christmas and asked for some recommendations, they are spot on with what they suggested. Game one was <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Z-Man-Games-Carcassonne-Board-Game/dp/B00NX627HW/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1CYUMKT23PQRZ&keywords=carcassonne&qid=1579809045&sprefix=carcas%2Caps%2C184&sr=8-3">Carcassonne</a>, a strategy game that we are all enjoying playing and then <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Asmodee-ASMTL03CLEN-Timeline-Classic-Blister/dp/B07FWV2HDX/ref=sr_1_3?crid=P6IKK62Q0PAK&keywords=timeline+game&qid=1579809148&sprefix=timeline%2Caps%2C172&sr=8-3">Timeline</a>, a brilliant game causing lots of interesting discussions and time after researching various facts!</div>
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Our art class this week was based around Gyotaku fish, it apparently dates back to the 1800s when Japanese fishermen wanted to create a record of their fish they caught, so they literally printed the fish. Printing in today's session used cardboard, foam shapes,bubble wrap and textured wall paper. L also made a cat shape but then decided to she didn't want to ruin it with paint!</div>
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Before Christmas we had been reading bits about the Romans, lots on the myths and legends, which L loves. I introduced L to the first in the Roman mysteries series, The Thieves of Ostia, missing the bits when it got a bit gory or upsetting around the dogs dying, then read <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Vesuvius-Book-Roman-Mysteries/dp/1842550217/ref=pd_aw_sbs_14_5/258-8535154-5338306?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1842550217&pd_rd_r=602929cb-7123-4baf-908b-1194b1baa3f8&pd_rd_w=IUaXX&pd_rd_wg=ZlsbI&pf_rd_p=0208d703-a674-4413-8899-c3889837d212&pf_rd_r=KQFEBZQQGMRWTPP6V2XJ&psc=1&refRID=KQFEBZQQGMRWTPP6V2XJ">The Secrets of Vesuvius</a>, which she found fascinating, we have since watched so many you tube videos on volcanoes and enjoyed reading <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tsunamis-Other-Natural-Disasters-Nonfiction/dp/0375932216/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=tsunamis+magic+tree+house&qid=1578937434&s=books&sr=1-1">Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters</a>. This led to L asking if we could make a lapbook and learn all about volcanoes, this spread out to earthquakes, tsunamis, mudslides, how mountains form and then looking at Yellowstone National park and their geysers etc. I love the <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Super-Earth-Encyclopedia-Encyclopedias/dp/1465461876/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1NNDEFW1NH6LS&keywords=super+earth+encyclopedia&qid=1578937588&s=books&sprefix=super+earth+e%2Cstripbooks%2C155&sr=1-1">Super Earth Encyclopedia</a> the photos in it are amazing, to say the least. We have made a model of the earth using play dough, recreated earthquakes, using a tray with rice in it, adding some blocks and people and shaking it, starting gently and making a note of what happened and then shaking it stronger, to demonstrate the different strengths. Photo below of some of the other books we have read, not all of them cover to cover but we are getting there.<br />
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2 days later we have our stalactite. Think I might have to find out our copy of <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cave-Small-Square-Patricia-Wynne/dp/0070579296/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=one+small+square+caves&qid=1578941168&sr=8-6">Caves (One Small Square)</a> as we have been talking a lot about where you would find stalactites and stalagmites, the one small square books are really informative and beautifully illustrated, we have a read few around different habitats.</div>
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Some of the books I am planning on using, as L loves adventure/mystery stories I am hoping she might like to learn about some of the explores, as well as the animals.</div>
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A few stories to read and drawing book, L loves these, though when she first opened it up she said she liked the drawing but wouldn't do the writing, which was fine with me but actually nearly every time she draws a new animal she copies the writing too.<br />
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Now for Christmas Evie was given Vincent's Starry Night and Other Stories, it has a 2 to 3 pages story about an artist, some paintings etc so thought it would be nice to use in conjunction with the art group we go too. Then came across the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RAOCvvA6oU">Usborne Art Activity Pad </a>, it will go very well together and can't wait to start using them both, hoping L feels the same!<br />
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<br />Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-25564943086650470012019-12-15T06:59:00.001-08:002019-12-15T06:59:48.158-08:00Reading for Advent.I love the run up to Christmas, its and extra special time to curl up and share some magical stories, enjoy time crafting and catching up with friends.<br />
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Our Advent reading this year is the Advent Storybook, the story of little bears journey to Bethlehem. The Christmas Mystery a journey through time and countries starting in 1950 in Norway and heading back in time to Bethlehem, to the time Jesus was born, lots of interesting facts added into the story. The an all time favourite, The The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe but the first time L will of heard it, we read The Magician's Nephew earlier in the year and she loved it. I have the BBC series and the film to watch once we have finished the story. We also have a basket full of other Christmas stories to enjoy.<br />
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The design below, I have made a few times and couple of years ago I put together step by step <a href="https://brighterbeginningschildminding.blogspot.com/2013/12/christmas-paper-decorations.html?fbclid=IwAR15w0SigZP-qjt-_kTtT36vsLIam3fgXjk_41nnZf3qjjgiAQ7CLk_HhKY">directions</a> to make this pretty snowflake star.</div>
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I have been busy knitting, our lovely local independent craft shop closed down in the summer, so I stocked up on some wool and other craft bits, L wanted some wrist warmers like mine so she can wear them when we play sport.</div>
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L chose this <a href="https://www.stylecraft-yarns.co.uk/Batik+DK+Pattern+9296+Cardigan+/0_caea465/PRNC568.htm">stylecraft pattern</a> for the rest of the pink wool.</div>
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L has moved up to the older art group, she was resistant to the idea of change to start with but now is enjoying the different projects we are working on. Last week it was using newspaper and card to make sculptures, L made a lovely dragon, we finished painting him at home.</div>
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Then onto some printing, Ls view is you should say yes to words, not remove them from the dictionary.<br />
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Halloween crafts, including a black cat made out of a paper plate.</div>
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Bats made from cardboard rolls and enjoying trying out new pens on black card.</div>
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<br />Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-43881772996733835902019-08-23T12:23:00.000-07:002020-01-13T08:52:40.830-08:00AugustAugust we made the most of sunshine, lots of time spent in the garden, which is producing a nice lot of veg for us.<br />
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The girls have been enjoying different art classes put on by our local art centre, M attended a couple of teen classes which she really enjoyed and L attended the younger group, she made a diorama with her favourite animals in it.<br />
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The following session she made a penguin puppet with a fish for his supper.</div>
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We have adopted a new rescue bunny, he's another mini rex, not the best photo of all 3 but its very difficult to get them all together! So going from left to right, here is Lucy, Rosie and Jack.<br />
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L has started a nature journal, she has spent ages drawing and decorating various pages.</div>
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<br />Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-66707181483685546422019-07-27T12:16:00.000-07:002020-01-13T08:31:26.331-08:00BirthdayL turned 7 and M turned 16, M's birthday was easy to do, she was happy to have a friend over, share cake, go shopping and then have a sleep over. L wanted dragon themed party, based around How to Train Your Dragon, so just a little bit more work!<br />
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I have been saving all the cardboard boxes to cover the veg patch for the winter (we do no dig gardening) as well as any art project, lucky really, as it was decided shields was one thing she wanted to make, hubby cut out all the shields and I made dragons out of paper plates.<br />
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The cake had to be Toothless, according to L I did a really good job, huge sigh of relief, he wasn't easy to make! Please excuse the slight blurred image, I didn't realise till I uploaded the photos there was a small fingerprint on the lens!</div>
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So on party day we also had some homemade gingerbread eggs, for the children to decorate, a couple of dragon themed word searches, dragons to colour in</div>
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shields to paint. It was fair bit of prep beforehand but so worth it all the children had a lovely time.</div>
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You don't want to know how excited L got when she spotted her first real red panda, even if they were very well hidden!</div>
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Then one of them got up and decided to go for a walk, so we really got to see them, they are beautiful creatures and I can see why L loves them so much.</div>
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<br />Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-57891212215870318812019-06-29T12:11:00.000-07:002019-12-11T03:18:05.101-08:00New PetsThe girls have been wanting guinea pigs for a long time, imagine their surprise when their brother comes back from uni with 2 guinea pigs that needed a new home. Meet Rolo and Biscuit, who are enjoying lots of attention and settling in well. The rest of the month has been spent in the garden growing veg, repurposing old duvet cases and cooking lots.<br />
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So I have been busy repurposing some an old duvet cover, used the pattern section to make some new hankies and then the plain white part to make some produce bags.</div>
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Making homemade cordial and then using the left over orange and lemon peel to infuse some vinegar for cleaning with.</div>
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This seems to be Max's favourite place to hang out and watch the world go by, he rarely leaves the garden, sometimes he sits on the fence but most of the time he likes to watch the world go by. safely from his own garden.</div>
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Sorting out left over fabric I made one of L's dolls a dress, I will put it by for her birthday next month.</div>
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A good friend of mine came back from holiday with some lovely fabric as a gift for me, made L's favourite dress, the geranium by Made by Rae, must admit it was one of my favourites too.</div>
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First harvest from our garden veg patch, hopefully lots more to come throughout the summer.</div>
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L and I went on a bug hunts and found not only ladybirds, but ladybirds in the pupae and larvae stage too. </div>
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<br />Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-12693314622090826892019-03-20T06:57:00.000-07:002020-01-13T07:59:25.282-08:00Jackson Pollock and The Secret GardenNot Jackson Pollack and The secret Garden together, though thinking about it now that could of produced some lovely artwork!<br />
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Our weekly art group's theme this week was Jackson Pollock, L loves his artwork and enjoys painting in his style. The first few paintings were done at the art table,<br />
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they then cleared the floor and put down some large sheets of paper (poster size) and let the children paint there, the finished piece is huge!</div>
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We have been looking at the different biomes in our Monday group and they put together a mini lapbook, they rather loved the penguin drawing using a number 8 as the base, so we used their favourite ones to decorate their lapbooks.<br />
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One of my favourite childhood books is The secret Garden, ok one of many childhood favourites! I thought it would be a lovely one to share and create some beautiful art work to go along with it. As the story starts in India and talks lots about the heat, we used some chalk pastels to create sunsets, all but my own child who decided she would prefer to draw a cactus dessert.<br />
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We looked up India in our illustrated Maps book and they saw the peacocks, so again using chalk pastels they drew some peacock feathers.</div>
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Using this <a href="https://artprojectsforkids.org/draw-a-peacock/">simple guide</a> on how to draw a peacock, they drew their own ones.</div>
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With the story now taking us to the journey across the moors with the wind and the rain. I thought using pencils to create trees was a lovely way to try out different materials and also to show the contrast between the bright colourful start to the book and now the drab, dulling setting we were now travelling through in this chapter.</div>
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Then to contrast again, watercolours to show the secret garden coming alive and of course the robin that helped Mary to find the garden.</div>
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So I am sat here catching up on my blog posts, we've had glorious sunshine today and I am looking back at photos from the beginning of February where we had lots of snow, well lots for us!! What a contrast in weather, we have spent most of today in the garden, L has helped weed the herb beds and then wash all the pots and trays, not my favourite garden job but she loves doing it. I emptied the back porch and cleaned it out, everyone left me alone as there was a rather large spider scuttling about. Hubby has tidied up the grape vine and then we all headed out for a lovely long walk, popped into the allotment to check its still there, well ok what state its in and what we need to do!</div>
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Our little Monday group this term, has been based around the Greek myths, my plan was to tell a story, then link craft, art and science activities to the stories. We've had the story of Echo and Narcissus, we talked about the meaning of the story, the emotions and feeling of the characters. Then went on to look at how echos happen and what animals and how and why they use echolocation. We then drew some daffodils and once that was finished, I dissected one, so they could see all the different parts of it. Our next story was Pandora, again we spent time talking about all the negative feelings that were let loose, if we could choose one negative emotion to put back in the box what would it be and why. Then why hope is so important to us and all the things we hope for! As a craft project I had then printed out some different shapes to colour in and then glue together to make a cube, tetrahedron and octahedron, I will say the last one was rather fiddly to glue together! I love the story of Arachne and Athene, after I told the story we looked at a book on spiders, they were intrigued with the trap doors spider, do check out some of the videos on you tube about this spider they are amazing creatures. We then went on to do some weaving projects, which they loved.<br />
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I've also told the story of the Minotaur, linked with lots of mazes, they had a lot of giggles trying to draw one on the patio, then decided it was more fun to colour all the steps up the garden a different colour. Highly amusing when your black cat decides to roll in it and comes in shimmering with pink and purple patches! We made some origami birds to go with the story of Daedalus and Icarus. If L wasn't allergic to dairy we would of also tried some different Greek cheeses, though we did get to make some pitta breads, that were rather yummy.<br />
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Our last bit of fun was making a curve from a straight line or parabolic curves, <a href="https://www.muminthemadhouse.com/maths-and-art-collide-parabolics-curves/?fbclid=IwAR0wpZvQxT1xHDHIbPjcVs-dLm-PUyrjdFSBLQsvtRw0nfOoO1vUo7kiyro">Mum in the Mad House</a> has some lovely printable for this.<br />
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Now the beginning of February we had snow, L and I went for a wonderful walk through the woods and said at times it looked just like a scene from Narnia.<br />
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We also made Ls day by taking a trip into town by bus to go and see the new How to Train Your Dragon movie, which we all enjoyed. She was very excited and has spent lots of time at home drawing various dragons, think I might have to take some photos to share, I am running out of wall space for them all!!<br />
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<br />Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-21772458253223515052018-12-20T07:11:00.000-08:002019-02-17T07:23:51.950-08:00Catching UpHopefully will now get back into blogging regularly, have lots of photos and things to share, then the computer dies on us!! Now have it back from being repaired and caught up and all the jobs that need to be done. Recovery from op is going well, loving getting out and having at least a 30 minute walk daily, still doing my physio exercises 4 times a week, its great but been busy as trying to do all those jobs I wasn't able to do before my op.<br />
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So going back to before Christmas I offered to have a couple of L's friends for a couple of art and craft sessions, this went so well that they asked to come every week! So more than happy to share my time with enthusiastic children, so in January we started to meet weekly, using the Greek myths as our theme, will share those in another post. Any way back to December we started with the story of <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Snowflake-Bentley-Jacqueline-Briggs-Martin/dp/0547248296/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1550414247&sr=8-3&keywords=snow+bentley">Wilson Bentley</a> and how he persevered until he he was able to record the beauty of the snowflakes. We also read <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0448490188/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1">Curious About Snow</a>, which has some beautiful pictures of snowflakes and talks about the science behind them, how humidity and air temperature change their shape. The girls made up their own little booklets with some snow facts in then, then had some fun making gingerbread snowflakes to decorate later.<br />
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The girls work so well as a team, I can stand back now and let the 3 of them get on with the cooking, other than dealing with the oven, they are fairly self sufficient with their baking.<br />
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Mary Azarian who illustrated the Snowflake Bentley book, makes woodcut prints, I don't have the right tools or knowledge for this so we used the florist oasis blocks instead. They girls carved pictures into them, a pencil works really well for a carving tool, then printed on some brown paper I had saved from various deliveries we had to create their own wrapping paper.<br />
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Our second session was based around the story of the little fir tree, well two different little fir tree stories, we started the session of with the girls telling us what they knew about fir trees and deciduous trees. Why they loose their leaves in winter, why fir trees don't, the design of the fir tree and how this benefits the tree when it snows lots. We talked about how the little tree wished his life away, was this a good or bad thing? How much did he miss out on by doing this? Do we ever do this and why do we feel that way. In my Christmas sort out I found some wooden fir trees so they set to work painting and decorating their own xmas trees and made some paper plate wreaths.<br />
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They also made some salt dough decorations to hang on their trees at home, we made them a few years ago with cornflour to give the whiteness to the shapes, using this <a href="https://brighterbeginningschildminding.blogspot.com/2013/12/salt-dough-decorations.html">recipe</a>.<br />
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A little bit of Christmas sewing, a gift for my Aunt, can add she loved it.</div>
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I finally finished L's <a href="https://www.loveknitting.com/rosebuds-knitting-pattern-by-victoria-groger">Rosebud</a> jumper, it wasn't the easiest pattern to follow but she loves it and that is what counts.<br />
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<br />Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-65694686926701170292018-11-11T03:22:00.001-08:002018-11-11T03:34:22.882-08:00RecuperatingIts been 2 months since my hip replacement surgery and so far things are going well. Its great to be able to walk up the stairs normally,without having to hang onto the banister and pull yourself up. Physio is pleased with my progress and have lots of rehab exercises to do everyday and its great to be out everyday for a walk, with no limp. Be a while before totally pain free as still healing and body adjusting to new improved posture, my knee caused the most issues but everything I have read this seems to be very common problem and time and physio should sort it all out. Oh and Max and crutches is interesting, he spent the first week being terrified of them, then decided that maybe they were good to pounce on, not helpful but luckily only lasted a couple of days, then he decided they were best ignored! The staff at the hospital were wonderful, can't fault them, made the 4 day stay easy to deal with, though was glad to come home. No allergic reactions to any meds, yay, though was rather sick and ended up on anti sickness tablets for the first week, after that I was taking just paracetamol, which I am ok with and by week 3 didn't need anything. I am amazed at how well my body has recovered from this surgery so far, fingers crossed it carries on doing so, the only downside was finding out last week my left hip doesn't look that good and they reckon 4 to 5 years and that will need replacing too. Though at the moment it is only giving the odd twinge, which isn't bad considering all the extra work its been having to do over the last couple of months.<br />
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Now hubby had the first two weeks to care for everyone, what he wasn't expecting to do was end up cake making and decorating with L. She overheard us chatting about some of the ideas I had for different project work, one was making a sarcophagus, now not the normal cardboard box ones I had seen but a cake one. That was it, Dad was not going to get any peace until this had happened, I would say at this point he looked rather shocked and really not sure what he had been talked into! Anyway of to the shops they went to find some cake decorating bits and home to bake an egg free cake. A few questions and then all I could here was lots of giggles and chatter from the kitchen, if I say both hubby and L was pleased with the finish cake, that is an understatement and I have discovered after 22 years of marriage my husband had a hidden talent!<br />
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Slowly working on L's jumper, its called <a href="https://www.loveknitting.com/rosebuds-knitting-pattern-by-victoria-groger">Rosebud</a>, the body is knitted in a round and the split for the armhole shaping and neck, its a lovely pattern to knit, using a pale blue cotton yarn.<br />
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Have spent a lot of the first two weeks recuperating and binge watching way too many box sets and reading lots, then decided to get out this little embroidery to work on, I usually do cross stitch but loving the fun of a variety of stitches, might have to do some more.<br />
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Oh and the highlight of November so far was L had another food challenge, this time the garden pea, she isn't impressed with taste of them but managed to eat her way through 80g of them during our morning stay at the hospital. She started of with 1 pea, then 4 peas, slowly building up the amount she had in each portion, it does mean that she needs to keep eating them at least twice a week. Otherwise research has shown that she is at risk of becoming allergic to them again, something about the body recognising the protein but not reacting to it in the right way.<br />
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<br />Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-53174900956633884922018-09-01T11:18:00.002-07:002018-09-01T11:18:48.301-07:00AugustWell its been a while since I have posted and we have been busy, another round of hospital appointments, I'm now on the waiting list for a hip replacement and alternating between a yay I will get my life back and oh no help!!! L has been back to see her allergy consultant and after the successful introduction to peanuts, feeding her peanut butter now feels normal, it took a couple of weeks to stop watching for a reaction I can tell you! Anyway skin prick tests look good for nuts, have had blood tests, if they come back negative we can go for a nut food challenge too, if she passes that, oh wow life will really change for her and us, well around food anyway. Editing to add I now have a surgery date the 12th September, only have 12 days notice,pre op on Monday, so will be a while before I blog again.<br />
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L and I are working our way through our planned summer reading, we bought a mixture of books for her birthday, so plenty to choose from. She is loving The Wombles, think we will be reading the rest of the series, she adores how they tidy up everyone's rubbish and reuses it. Giggled through the first of the Worst Witch Series, goes without saying she loved the next couple of secret seven. We've also read the first of the Harry Potter books, she's been desperate to add these to her bedtime story pile. I say bedtime but we read not only at bedtime but throughout the day to, depending on what we are doing.<br />
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I am determined to work through the pile of books by my bed and those queued on my kindle before I have surgery. Ended up reading the Elly Griffiths books back to back, as there was a twist in the plot that meant I just had to read the next one straight away, can't wait for the next one in the series to come out next year. Also reading <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapiens-Humankind-Yuval-Noah-Harari/dp/0099590085/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1534855157&sr=8-1&keywords=sapiens">Sapiens</a>, well worth a read, its well written and informative, without being too heavy, loving the comparisons to modern day tribes, the various theories on how myths,legend and religion started.<br />
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Max is doing well, has now been neutered and is enjoying exploring the garden, he has yet to attempt to leave the garden, much to the relief of his youngest owner. Will add that the kitten didn't listen to the vet when we picked him up after his op. Keep the lampshade collar on for at least 24 hours, by the time we made the short journey home in the car, he had got one paw through and stuck, unhooked paw but 15 minutes later he had it of. As to the bit where they said he would be very sleepy for the rest of the day, oh boy he was the complete opposite, he was hyper, finally crashed at midnight and woke at 5am still hyper, lunch time he finally slept and woke back to normal!<br />
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L is enjoying the sassafras zoology, we had chapter on a Canadian farm, had fun creating our own small world farm.<br />
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We then had friends come and visit and they had an amazing time creating different bases for all the animals to live in.<br />
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We have also spent time looking at ancient Sumer and the use of cuneiform and trying to make our own clay tablets, writing on paper is a lot easier!<br />
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Now along with the hip issue, I also managed to compress a nerve in my wrist, resulting in painful wrist and pins and needles/numbness in little finger and ring finger. Physio has helped but he wants me to rest, as in lay of the knitting for a while, to let everything settle down. So have been busy working through my fabric stash, made two <a href="https://www.made-by-rae.com/2012/12/geranium-dress-sewing-pattern-is-here/">geranium</a> tops,one for L and one for a friend's granddaughter.<br />
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We finely made to <a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1tGvzNSm2wIVyrftCh2oxQNNEAAYASAAEgJopvD_BwE">Wisley</a>, we had a lovely time, that lovely I want to go again. M had my camera and she had a lovely time taking photos, I was on crutches, easiest way for me to manage hip pain and walk, so M became our photographer for the day. I do love coming home and loading up the photos she has taken, as you really get to see what she likes. <span id="goog_599318173"></span><br />
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The girls loved the herb gardens, so many different varieties to look at and smell, that moment where you realise you never knew there were so many different varieties of mint and sage!<br />
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Finished L's <a href="https://www.kingcole.com/knitting-patterns/tops-knitted-cottonsoft-candy-cottonsoft-dk-2/">top</a>, she is really pleased with it, the cotton yarn was so lovely to knit with, hoping it washes and wears well, as I've not used this brand of yarn before.<br />
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We have read the first part of Sassafras Zoology and have spent time reading and learning about lions and as our <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Atlas-Animal-Adventures-Rachel-Williams/dp/1847807925/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527450704&sr=8-1&keywords=animal+atlas">Atlas of Animal Adventures</a> had a lovely two page spread on the wildebeest, in Kenya, we added them into our animal studies. We've watched a variety of you tube videos on the wildebeest migration, lions and cheetahs and some lovely videos of the Oloip Maasi dancers, I've put all the links at the bottom of this post as there are a rather a lot! Art we've had the chalk pastels out to draw some lions, while listening to <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Putumayo-Kids-Presents-African-Playground/dp/B000087DRR/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1528195034&sr=8-10&keywords=african+music">Putumayo Kids African Playground</a><br />
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Max's new hobby is watching the washing machine, he sits there with his head going round and round as the machine spins, I am amazed he doesn't seem to get dizzy! When he's not watching the washing machine, he has discovered a lovely place in the sun to curl up in.<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grassland-What-Earth-Catherine-Chambers/dp/1905087462/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526845666&sr=8-1&keywords=what+on+earth+grasslands">What on Earth? Life on the Grasslands</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Cats-Usborne-Discovery-Internet-Linked/dp/0439709539/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526845741&sr=1-3&keywords=usborne+discovery+big+cats">Usborne Discovery Big Cats</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kenya-Freestyle-Express-Destination-Detectives/dp/1406207241/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526845820&sr=1-1&keywords=destination+detectives+kenya">Destination Detectives Kenya</a> a lovely book covering some of the places in Kenya, lots of photos</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kites-flight-William-Gumede/dp/1770098046/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526845911&sr=1-8&keywords=a+kite%27s+flight">A Kite's Flight</a> a kite's journey over Africa seeing some of the different landmarks</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Went-Safari-Laurie-Krebs/dp/184148119X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526846134&sr=1-1&keywords=we+all+went+on+safari">We All went on Safari</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Atlas-Animal-Adventures-Rachel-Williams/dp/1847807925/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526846280&sr=1-1&keywords=animal+atlas">Animal Atlas</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Full-Animal-Stories-favourite/dp/1786030446/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526846308&sr=1-1&keywords=50+animal+stories">A World Full of Animal Stories</a> used the story from Kenya</div>
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Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-33342829380313611572018-05-09T13:32:00.000-07:002018-05-09T13:44:34.708-07:00Introducing MaxThere might not be any more human babies here at the moment but we have new fur baby called Max (named by L). At the moment he is at the lets pounce on everything stage, especially toes, so the girls have taken to wearing socks. He isn't causing any damage when pouncing on their toes but it is a bit unnerving so can see why they prefer to wear socks. So knitting is done while Max sleeps or upstairs as the movement of the knitting needle is causing too much interesting for a such a little kitten. He is too little to manage the stairs yet, though he is trying but hindered by no carpet just varnished wood, so a bit slippery and no fabric to get a hold of.<br />
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Now those that know L well, will know spending time with her is always fun, she has a great imagination and says what she feels. Today she finished her maths and announced "I've finished my sums Mum and marked them all so you don't have too." I managed a thank you, while trying not to giggle, now working out how to reply to that! Yes she does have a 98% accuracy rate but marking your own work...... A friend did point out that you have to just love her confidence in her own ability :) This followed on from a conversation at the weekend, well it was more of statement form L, having just tidied and cleaned the breakfast bar, L came in cheering and said "Yay that means we are doing science experiments." Honestly I do tidy and clean my breakfast bar daily not just when I am doing science experiments on it. But it does say a lot for L's interests, books, nature and science experiments. So not wanting to disappoint her, I found out some iron filings, a piece of cardboard and different shaped magnets. Sprinkled the iron filings on the cardboard and used the magnets to draw pictures, I also got her to hold the different types of magnets we had under the cardboard to see the changing in patterns, we used a horseshoe, ring and block magnet.</div>
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Still using the same balloon from lasts weeks experiment, I got M and L to build a lego vehicle that could be powered by a balloon. At this stage Max had worn himself out chasing cars and was fast asleep, thankfully as pretty sure kittens and balloons are not a good mix!<br />
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Balloon is beginning to loose its elasticity but we still managed to create a hoover craft, using a CD, the push down top of a water bottle and a balloon. Using a glue gun to glue the bottle top to the CD, then carefully stretching the balloon over it, if you get it right, you can blow the balloon up, push the stopper closed, set it down and then open it up and watch it hoover across the table.<br />
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Making the most of the sunshine, finally got up the allotment and we planted out onions and lots of carrot seeds, Admired the apple blossom<br />
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We then got very sidetracked as we discovered two slow worms, they were both out on the grass path for ages but was so busy watching them, I didn't think about taking a photo, you can just spot this ones head poking out. We then uncovered another patch and discovered an ants nest, they had made a loads of tunnels just under the matting, so you could see them really clearly, along with their eggs and larva, so L and I spent time watching the ants collect up their young and move them to safer home.</div>
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Finished making another very pink baby <a href="https://www.loveknitting.com/baby-girl-s-and-girl-s-cardigan-and-coat-in-sirdar-snuggly-dk-4493">cardi</a> this wool has a sparkle running through it, not that I could get the camera to pick it up but have a happy friend so that is what matters.<br />
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Now this little cardi <a href="https://www.minervacrafts.com/shop/knitting/patterns/sirdar-1816-sirdar-baby-cardigans-knitting-pattern-1816-dk?awc=5270_1525895639_1bc10b2118376e2c4f7569a5966f8b88&utm_source=Affiliate_Window&utm_medium=Affiliate_Marketing&utm_campaign=176013">sirdar 1816</a> is a real favourite of mine, there's very little sewing up as you knit the fronts and backs all in one and the join the sleeves in, so only need to sew the under arm and sleeve seam. The only downside is the amount of stitches needed to cast on to start with.<br />
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On a health front, I an an optician appointments the other Friday, they were a bit concerned and referred me to the hospital to have a thorough check out of the back of the eye, they use drops to do this, eye is fine and a huge sigh of relief from me. Fast forward a few hours later, I started to feel very itchy,flushed skin and hives, so took some antihistamines but they didn't seem to stop it. So called out of hours and as I am chatting to them started to feel breathless and voice was starting to become croaky, so they phoned an ambulance which was with me within minutes. Spent several hours in A&E and discovered the major problem with having an allergy to steroids and the treatment of allergic reactions, steroids are normally used, plus the fact I have several medicines I react to so they don't like to give you anything, just in case, which is good in one way but not when you are feeling very nauseous at this stage. Spent the next few days feeling a little bit emotional but will say M was amazing as she was with me at this stage, even though she said later she was really shocked how swollen my neck was, she kept her head, got the kitten out the way and watched out for the ambulance, let the crew in and got her Dad.<br />
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<br />Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-80010307159765758532018-04-18T00:46:00.000-07:002018-04-18T00:46:22.960-07:00Busy!I have this plan to blog at least every Sunday but then life never quite goes how you plan it, does it? So this is a bit of busy post covering some of our activities and outings over the last couple of weeks.<br />
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L had her orthopedics appointment, have to say the consultant was wonderful, great with children. We were shown into the consulting room and had to wait for the consultant, so we carried on reading a story, he came in,introduced himself and asked if he could listen to the story. After a couple of sentence he asked her a couple of questions and then could he have a look at her toys feet and legs, putting L completely at ease by the time he examined her, couldn't of wanted a better appointment. Anyway the outcome of the appointment was confirming my suspicions of flat feet and hyper mobility, as they aren't causing her pain or stiffness at the moment, just some occasional discomfort and annoyance at her bendy ankles as they make her a bit wobbly, they won't do any treatment, just something to be aware of. I've had a date throughh for my next appointment for my drug allergy, unfortunately its not till January next year, hoping they will have all the answers then if not this could take years to sort out what medicines and anesthetics I can use safely. Feeling somewhat frustrated at the long waits, very aware that adult allergy services in this country are few and far between and those dealing with drug allergies are even rarer but it does mean real delays in treatment and even surgery. Anyway back to happier things, we are of to view kittens tonight so hoping they are ok and we can have new pets in a couple of weeks, I have very excited children here to say the least, the girls are counting down the hours till we see them! In trying to distract them we have been having fun making different paper aeroplanes and looking at how we can alter their flight path. Different size paper spinners and seeing which ones, spin better,how size and different materials affects what happens.<br />
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We also made a tissue paper parachute, much to everyone's amazement it really worked even if it did have a few cliff crashes, aka the chair we stood on to launch the parachute.<br />
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Demonstrating jet propulsion with a balloon and a straw, which we repeated again and again, amazed the balloon didn't pop! L thought it was very funny watching the balloon whizz along the string.<br />
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Hubby had a Friday of work, the original plan was to do some jobs round the house, not urgent ones luckily but as the day was so sunny we decided on day trip out to Beale Park. Lots of animals and birds for the girls to see, otters and meerkats being their favourite, also had a train ride round the park.<br />
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We watched the otters for ages and came back to see them a couple of times, they are so wonderful to watch and love their faces.<br />
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I have only just started reading Jane Goodall's a Reason For Hope, she writes in such a lovely way you just want to keep on reading, at the moment she is talking about her childhood, the time when Jane was little and took a handful of worms to bed to study and her Mum patiently explaining that they needed dirt and wouldn't survive in her bed! There are several other stories of similar incidences and then she writes about how she was so lucky to grow up in a household with a mother wise enough to provide nurture and encourage her passions, that children should always try their best, that she didn't stifle Jane's passion or indulge in senseless discipline. Her mother understood the importance of discipline but she always explained why some things aren't allowed etc, she was fair and consistent. You can see how her passion was there from such a young age and how her family supported and encouraged her, a remarkable story. On a knitting front, I have 3 works in progress, 2 baby cardigans and top for L, finished of this little cardi <a href="https://www.loveknitting.com/cardigans-in-sirdar-snuggly-baby-bamboo-dk-1325">sirdar 1325</a>, hadn't realised that what I thought was a plain pattern stripe between the lace was actually every stitch knitted through the back of it, gives the plain knitting more definition, not sure if the photo shows it that clearly.<br />
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Some photos of walk we had when M was at her gymnastics class, these are all taken by L, I let her have my small camera and she had a lovely time taking photos of her choice. Its great to get home and load up the photos not really having a clue what they will be like or exactly of what.<br />
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<br />Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-76466137659778785812018-04-01T12:22:00.002-07:002018-04-05T12:39:46.815-07:00Easter<br />
Happy Easter everyone, we've had a lovely but very busy couple of weeks, we joined a friend for a visit to the Living Rainforest, the armadillo was out and about this time, which was great for the children to see. This months Eco Kids magazine has been on plants, lots on meat eating plants, so great for L to see the pitcher plant in real life and I had fun talking about and demonstrating some of the other meat eating plants. At home we spent some time watching some you tube clips on the venus fly trap and sundew as well as reading the rest of the magazine. We've also been reading Enid Blyton's Nature Lover book, monthly nature walks with Uncle Merry, I know I can see the difference in the dead nettles and a true nettle and how animals avoid the dead nettle as they think its a stinging nettle. This week we learnt that the stem of the dead nettle is square not round, luckily we have some in the garden to look at explore the stems and compare carefully to the stinging nettles. Just love the fact that I am learning alongside my children and then we cans share that learning with others.<br />
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We went to the local vocational college last weekend for their open day, looking ahead for M, they do a wide range of sport, out door pursuits, animal management, horticulture, actually a wide selection of vocational courses, set in a lovely rural setting. The classes are small, they don't have a bell ringing for classes, they try and have a calm learning environment. We had a lovely chat to some of the team for learning support and feeling positive that this could very well be the right environment for M, as long as we can get all the support in place and in writing before she starts. For those that didn't know she did try school when she was 11 years old and it went very horribly wrong, she couldn't cope with the sensory overload, the lack of support for her and it sent her into sensory overload daily and her anxiety through the roof. So I really need to get the support in for her before she starts college so we do not have a repeat of school. I am trying not to worry but I am, its so hard at times when you know what support your child needs and how well she can do with the right support but it seems so hard to get it in place for her. Just looking at her drama, she managed a merit in her exams, she had fantastic support from her teacher, he was there just before her exam to run through any questions with her and to go through the results with her at her next lesson. They had lots of mock practises, everything was written down or emailed to her so she knew exactly what was expected of her etc, I am now crossing fingers that we can get the support in place for college. M is looking at performing arts or media studies, performing arts means she gets to use her dance and gymnastics at times, which she loves. Oh and L is ready to sign herself up for animal management course, she's not impressed she has to wait till she is 16 to do it!<br />
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L and I have been looking at plant life cycles, she has loved making these <a href="http://cleverclassroomblog.com/2014/10/pumpkin-life-cycle-on-a-paper-plate-oh-my.html">paper plate</a> life cycles, she asked for more, so we now have on on sunflowers and turtles too. A nice way to look at and compare the life cycle of different plants and animals.<br />
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At some point towards the end of last year I lost my vibrantly flowering erysimum, haven't found any locally and decided to take a risk and buy some unseen on ebay, pleased with them so far, we have <a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pack-x6-Erysimum-Night-Skies-Perennial-Wallflower-Plug-Plants-NEW-VARIETY/122981622679?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649">Night Skies</a> and <a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pack-x6-Erysimum-Paintbox-Perennial-Wallflower-Plug-Plants-NEW-VARIETY/401496796487?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649">Paintbox</a>. They look so pretty and took me a while to decide on which ones, there are loads of delightful colour mixes. My kitchen window sill has been taken over by them,along with kale, broccoli and tomato seedlings and the normal selection of herbs!<br />
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Some Easter painting, used the inner of a cardboard roll, cut in 3 and stuck together to make a rabbit out line, L has loved printing the rabbit shapes and creating scenes for them, they are her rabbits Rosie and Lucy.<br />
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Wet felting some eggs, they never quiet work out for me but the girls enjoy trying and maybe one day we will get it right. Today the girls had an Easter egg hunt in the garden, L has now hidden 10 little eggs around the house for M to find later, I am wondering how long it will take us to find them all, editing to add that as of bedtime tonight we still have 3 eggs to find and L isn't giving any more clues away. Easter cards made and a visit to grandparents this afternoon.<br />
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More recipe trying from Madeline Oliver, these are her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqiaqKNIH1Q&t=127s">falafel burgers</a>, also made the kidney bean burgers, lovely but may need to buy a big food processor, mine is a little one that is great for blending baby food but a bit small to batch make burgers! We are loving sweet potato wedges at the moment the family cannot get enough of them.<br />
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<br />Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-47258414432576469822018-03-18T12:25:00.000-07:002018-03-18T12:25:02.705-07:00Egypt I had fun setting up a small world play for L, loosely based on the Nile and pyramids, we've also been talking about the river and why it was so important to the ancient Egyptians. She has a fantastic imagination so its a case of set the scene and then see where it leads her. Followed by snuggling up on the sofa to read lots of Egyptian myths, which she has decided are rather odd at times!<br />
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At the beginning of the week the weather was warmer and the rabbits were a lot happier to be outside for run, they love hopping up on the trampoline and running around and around in circles.<br />
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Now there have been some huge changes here, I hadn't written about them earlier as I was still processing and deciding what to do. Thursday was my last day childminding for the moment, my last family left as they are heading abroad for a while, they have been with me for nearly 5 years, there oldest is similar age to L. So its a huge change for L as every week she has her friend arriving, she has been very upset, as the girls were very close, so it will be tough for her for a while. I know I could easily fill the spaces left but as we are nearing exams for M, we've decided that for the next few months we will concentrate on the girls and their education and then look for more work in the late summer. It takes time to settle a new family in and I have high standards so feel I will be splitting myself too much at the moment. Though I know its the right choice for us at the moment this is the first time in 20 years that I won't have other children here, its left me with a huge mixture of emotions, more time to share with my girls and more space in the house, as there won't be all the extra that childminding needs but will miss the extra hustle and bustle of other children, the enjoyment of larger group activities etc. It will obviously mean less money too though we did have a treat on Friday as everyone was of work, college etc and took our first visit to a local trampoline park and fantastically we were the only people there, which was great, complete freedom. I am not sure who enjoyed it more, hubby wants to go back again and everyone else had a great time, M loves the long trampoline as she can practise all her flips etc, the men enjoyed trying to see who get who of first into the foam pit and L was just a blur as she bounced form one corner to another!<br />
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It doesn't really make up for L missing her friend but one thing I can now do, is set up lots of craft and science bits at a low level, as there aren't the babies to worry about. L was so excited when she came down Saturday morning to find lots of different things set up that she could just dip into, some she had seen and said she wanted to do others were my choice. This is it after she had done a few of the crafts/activities.<br />
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She loved making the sparkly dragonflies, we had to make an extra one as a gift for Nanny's birthday.<br />
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Science, we attempted to make our own scales and calibrate them with some little weights we have, ok the scales slightly failed as they kept tipping to one side, so made it a little bit difficult to weigh anything but L enjoyed the process and seeing what things weighed, what is heavier etc. We then spent time trying to guess which object could be heavier by looking at them e.g. a pound coin and a craft pom pom, great way to show that just because something is bigger doesn't mean its heavier. Then weighing them in our hands, to estimate the weight, before putting them on the scales to check.<br />
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Now M has come across a vegan you tube called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4CpQoAPJNGGUPG92Fbwxqw">Madeleine Olivia</a> she has some lovely recipes on her channel, so we are slowly working through them, we loved her coconut dahl, even my meat loving husband was pleasantly surprised at how nice it was, good job really as it made 6 portions, so we had 2 days in the row (the freezer is rather full at the moment!)<br />
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More cooking, M and I have been mucking around in the kitchen, experimenting with cheese and herb scones, recipe below. The mixture ended up a little bit too wet, to be rolled and out and a cutter used, so we just rolled them into a ball and pressed them down for a more rustic look. They made a very nice moist scone, which were a little bit too moreish!<br />
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We've had results back for all M's exams etc really pleased she got a merit in her LAMDA, pretty good going for first exam and she had a sore throat too. Highly commended in her Latin dance and bronze in her gymnastics, so a good week for her.</div>
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We had snow again this weekend, my poor daffodils are buried under it, just as spring was beginning to show lots of pretty signs it was on its way! We had a lovely walk on Sunday through the woods, L was a bit disappointed that the stream hadn't frozen over but enjoyed a paddle through it anyway.<div>
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Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-84889833631092323822018-03-05T03:42:00.001-08:002018-04-01T12:20:45.184-07:00Snow Again!We had snow and then more snow!! Was not expecting it to snow again, even though the weather forecast said it would, I mean how many times do you see snow predicted and it never appears! So Tuesday we decided even though it was freezing to head to the park for our normal get together, especially as we had a couple of new families joining us. About 10 minutes after we arrived it snowed, as in heavily snowed, what a great way for everyone to get to know each other while playing in the snow, happy days. We came home and warmed up, then L decided it was time for round 2 of playing in the garden, lots of ice to explore, she loved the way the sun made it sparkly.<br />
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The rabbits actually ventured into the garden this time and didn't seem to be too bothered with it, compared to their last time of 3 hops out and then back hiding in their cage.<br />
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L had decided to take her toy dog to the park, he got rather wet and muddy in the snow, so she asked if we could wash him like a real puppy when we got home, luckily puppy looks like new now she's been washed. sigh of relieve from me as its one of L's favourites.<br />
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It snowed more, which meant very happy excited children, I have never been so glad that my husband had holiday left over from last year and had booked the end of this week of, especially as he was supposed to be on call. I know it means one of his colleagues had to do it but they all live a lot nearer work than we do, so less chance of getting stranded. Anyway we headed of to the park and woods, to make snow angels and make snowballs. The snow wasn't the right type to make snowmen with but according to L it was heavenly.<br />
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Blackbird braving the cold to find the food we had scattered for the birds. We have been looking at the different flight patterns of birds and how they turn, hoover etc.<br />
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I had brought some flowers to start our spring display, didn't get much further, will leave it for next week when we have more spring like weather, hopefully.<br />
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L is enjoying the map work to go with our project on Egypt, I had printed out and laminated these <a href="http://researchparent.com/ancient-egyptian-mythology-cards/">ancient Egyptian mythology card</a> to use as I read the ancient myths to her, she loves that sort of thing. The website also has landmarks, Greek and Roman gods too, so think I will be printing out those too. We've been watching various you tube films about the Nile and the tours around the landmarks of Egypt, must admit I was surprised at how much she was interested in the different sites, the size and variation of the monuments and statues.<br />
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I have finished her jumper just in time for the cold weather, she loves it and would if been allowed worn it too bed!<br />
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The owl is still a work in progress and have L has chosen <a href="https://www.loveknitting.com/rosebuds-knitting-pattern-by-victoria-groger">Rosebuds</a> for her other jumper, we have chosen a lovely pale blue in a cotton mix, have cast on but that is about it. Have found out that 4 people I know and can knit for are all expecting baby girls this year, oh there are way too many cute baby patterns out there but if you have a favourite please do share your pattern with me :) So at the moment working on using up some of my stash and knitting some little <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baby-hat-with-top-knot---tegan">Tegan</a> hats, ok they aren't going to make a huge dent in my stash but fun to make. In the meantime I bought M some Disney books, the story of how the evil character ended up that way, she enjoyed the <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairest-All-Wicked-Queen-Villains/dp/1368011462/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1520249694&sr=1-1&keywords=fairest+of+all">Fairest Of All</a> and asked for more, luckily they are all on offer in the local supermarket at the moment. I've just started to read Fairest of All and can see why she enjoyed it, its an interesting,enjoyable read, that ties in with the Disney film Snow White. Have also picked up tales with twist, what if Sleeping Beauty didn't wake up when the Prince kissed her. Joining <a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.co.uk/">Frontier Dreams</a></div>
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<br />Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-2978066290517463632018-02-18T13:12:00.001-08:002018-02-20T08:50:10.395-08:00Rainbows and SnowdropsWe have had a lovely week, very mixed weather wise, but fun. I am sure we have alternated between bright, sunny days and overcast, rainy days, might be wrong but that'show it feels. We've managed a walk everyday, which is great, went out for a puddle walk but had disappointed children as there were no good size puddle to jump in. They did find some nice sticks and I mentioned that some of the small puddles might be fairy puddles, cue, no longer disappointed children, imagination came into play and lots of fun had deciding on what the fairies might be called and when they might come out to splash in the puddles. Came home to a beautiful rainbow, realised after getting the photo, we also caught a good reflection of the sitting room light!<br />
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On Tuesday we had a lovely walk to the library, we now have a book on Egyptian myths to read, then round to the park and spotted all the snow drops coming up. A local community group over the last couple of years have done a mass planting of snowdrops, daffodils and crocus, they are lovely to see all coming up and makes the area so pretty.<br />
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More local news and doing a happy dance, though we try and keep our waste to the minimum recycling is great and from this week onward, we can now recycle yogurt pots, fruit punnets, meat trays and tetra packs, in our kerbside collection, yay!<br />
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Last weekend M had her drama exam, she was very nervous about it and relieved when it was all over and done with, said she mucked up one bit but managed to keep going. Fast forward to this weeks lesson, as we were driving over to it, she was saying she was so glad she had done it, even if she didn't get a good mark, she felt really great going in and doing her pieces. Put a big smile on my face, the drama is all about having fun and building her confidence, she's now talking about the next lot of LAMDA exams, wow!<br />
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L has spent a little of her Christmas gift money and bought a little lego set, loved the fact she spotted the set, worked out that the label meant it was reduced and what the price is, didn't feel I could say no to her. I have always encouraged the children to look at the prices, how much things cost and when they are older, what works out cheaper, for budgeting purposes and why we buy certain products etc<br />
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Apparently on Wednesday it was Storm the husky puppy's birthday, out came the play dough to make birthday cake, candle was a small crayon. Don't ask how many times happy birthday was sung because the puppy kept blowing out the candle too soon, lots of giggles had!<br />
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L had been asking what we had used before pens and pencils and I mentioned feather, she found one and wanted to give it a try, she decided she wanted to use it with paint, so didn't get a chance to cut it and use ink but she loved it.<br />
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L finished her animal sticker book and I had saved the sheets of partially used stickers and being half term had my older minded children for the day and they happily used them and drew scenes to go with them.<br />
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Knitting, back, front and 1 1/2 sleeves made, there is no pressure from L at all, honest. I have been looking at journals, note booking, saw some lovely books but it was done as 3 year diary and a question a day, which isn't me. Then came across the Handbook For Mums from the Thinking Tree, L has a work book journal and enjoys dipping in and out of it, love it, mixture of colouring, books to read, thoughts for the day, films you have read, to do lists, how do you feel etc, plenty of variety, so think I will enjoy it.<br />
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The "free gift" with Lets Knit magazine this month is the wool to make this rather cute owl, those that know L, will know her love of birds and in particular owls, so one for her.<br />
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Linking up with <a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.co.uk/">Frontier Dreams</a> for Crafting On<br />
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<br />Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-34940634202543980532018-02-12T01:22:00.001-08:002018-02-13T08:38:34.527-08:00Magnetic SandHaving fun with the magnetic sand and geometric solids, sort of linked to ancient Egypt as there is a pyramid, maths and constructing.<br />
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It wasn't long before my older children decided to join L, the magnetic sand is rather fun to play with, it holds it shape well and therefore is great to build with.<br />
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Enjoying a game of around the world, L loves maps, so this game is perfect, throw in various extra comments, like take a sled ride go on 3 spaces, to fuel her interest and need to learn more.<br />
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New recipe tried this week, sweet potato tangine, I loved it, rest of the family not so keen, will have to try it out on the minded children and see what they make of it but it reheats nicely and freezes well, so I am happy with that.<br />
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Finally managed to get a photo of our new visitor, this black cap has been darting in and out the garden so quickly its been hard to id him but perseverance paid of and Friday morning managed to get a non blurry, complete bird photo.<br />
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We have a pair of long tailed tits that visit regularly, again not managed a full photo but least you can just make out the two of them.<br />
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I came across an article on mistletoe and its benefits to the habitat it is in, that one study showed that if mistletoe is removed from a woodland then 20% of species richness was lost and a 1/4 of the woodland birds were lost too.<br />
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Fun with magnets, there properties, what is magnetic and what is not and making a compass.<br />
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Made a huge amount of progress on L's jumper, back and front knitted and started on a sleeve, honestly there is no pressure from L at all to get it finished quickly!!<br />
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We are slowly stripping the paper from the hallway and stairs, as an incentive to get it finished we have finally narrowed down the colour selection, now just seeing what they are like in the different lights. Which this weekend we have overcast, rain, snow and sunshine, so doing well, the snow hasn't settled but this is the 3rd time this week that we have had some flakes of snow,much to the excitement and then disappointment of the children.<br />
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Linking up with Nicole at <a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.co.uk/">Frontier Dreams</a>Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-34983380464479490892018-02-04T07:28:00.001-08:002018-02-07T23:52:45.900-08:00Finished<br />
Well Monday, will start with the positives, O wasn't at college so volunteered to take M to her climbing session as I was at the hospital all day. They had a great time and O was allowed to climb too, might have to take them both again as they had a great time. As for me, I was well enough for the drug challenge, I got some answers to my allergic reaction but not all, will have to go back for more tests later in the year. Looks like I have developed an allergy to local anesthetic, which is going to complicate my life slightly, need more tests to see if I reacted to the steroids. The consultant is going to research to see if there any other types of local anesthetic on the market that I might be ok with but he was pretty sure there isn't. The team I had was lovely, which was good as I was there from 9am to 2pm, they start of with skin prick tests, then intradermal injections, which showed some reaction to steroid but at this stage local anesthetic was negative. So they moved on to injecting some local anesthetic, within a short time, my face felt tight and tingly, then neck itchy, followed shortly by nausea, generally feeling rough, so mega dose of antihistamine given, took a long while for all symptoms to go, slept for hours when I got home and still slept all night, woke Tuesday morning feeling like I hadn't slept at all, more antihistamines needed, finally felt more human Wednesday evening but it took to the weekend to feel really back to myself, not looking forward to the next round of test! The waiting lists for appointments is 8 to 9 months, so will be a while! Mind you not sure hubby is looking forward to it either, he doesn't do hospitals and was bored stiff, L on the other time told me she had a great time, went for a walk, did some puzzles, drawing, Dad read to her and she listened to stories on her MP3 player, so my sorting out a bag of activities worked well for her, maybe I need to do the same for hubby! So all the children had a great time.<br />
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I've had hip back issues since a car accident 20 years ago, had physio at the time and later on saw an osteopath about 14 years ago the osteopath commented that my right hip had a lot of wear on it. The GP at the time dismissed this, I was too young and any pain was down to pregnancy and my job childcare, nothing else. Fast forward to a couple of years ago where a change of GP and hip pain getting worst. I was referred to physio, this time the physio picked up on an impingement and probably laberal tear. I had surgery to repair this and they discovered my hip was a bit a mess and that I had arthritis, bone on bone in the front region and general wear deterioration over the whole joint. So at the moment I am alternating between physio, dry needling/accupuncture and osteopath for management, as the car accident has left me with a bit of kink in my upper spine and now I am slightly of balance due to hip that area is causing some pain too. Throw in the fact I don't tolerate pain relief very well, or now looking at it a lot of modern medicines, I working my through alternatives In the past I have also tried the Alexander technique, taken omega 3, glucosamine etc but they don't seem to help now. Now trialing turmeric and apple cinder vinegar, discovered that the acv has the benefit of a good regular digestive system, so no longer suffering the common side affect of the cocodomol that I take for pain relief, which is a lot nicer and will save me some money too. I am someone that tries to be proactive and hate the times that I can't be, so any other suggestions gratefully received, thank you<br />
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On a crafting front, I have finally finished the throw I was making, central panel has tortured and killed my wrists but now its finished and laid it out on my bed to take photos, I was reminded of why I wanted to make it, it was worth it. The outside panels were easy on the wrists but the central panel is a huge amount of cabling. L has already claimed it as hers.<br />
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So knowing I was coming to the end of the throw, I took L into the craft shop last week and left her happily pouring over the knitting pattern folders, while I looked at wool, she choose the pattern and wanted the mint green wool. Have since found out that a friend is expecting a baby girl, so a good excuse for some baby knitting, happy days.<br />
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L has been creating more scenes with the rainbow arches, this week they are houses and garages, as she had the railway and road pieces out to go with the.<br />
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We've been looking at stonehenge and how they might of transported all the blocks, L has done some drawings will try and get some photos to add to next weeks blog. Other than that we have finished reading Cherry Tree Farm, L has loved this and has learnt lots about the different animals mentioned. I have taken to reading bedtime stories with a notebook to make notes of any animals she wants to research more. Then once she is settled in bed gives me a chance to search you tube for some nice videos for her to watch. I picked up this book <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Disney-Villains-Fairest-All-Novel/dp/1474821596?pd_rd_wg=Js1Hw&pd_rd_r=9f416a0c-f00b-405a-8dc0-634997699f4d&pd_rd_w=qbfpx&ref_=pd_gw_simh&pf_rd_r=M40T74HE6M7KKEB23S75&pf_rd_p=18dedb86-eb6c-572b-b13e-18cb6bfc1b7e">Fairest Of All</a> for M to read, I ended up reading it and rather enjoyed it, it the story of Snow Whites Step Mother, an interesting but light read, main theme is the damage parents can do to their children, the affects the comments they make can have on you throughout your life etc Hoping she will enjoy it as we also have Once Upon A Dream the story of what would of happens if Sleeping Beauty didn't wake up. M and I enjoyed watching <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grimm-Season-1-3-David-Giuntoli/dp/B00LJV2KYI/ref=sr_1_6?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1517757757&sr=1-6&keywords=grimm">Grimm</a> and Once Upon a Time, we enjoy fairy tales and like the twists and turns so these books should suit us. Also reading <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Finnish-Lessons-2-0-Educational-Finland/dp/0807755850/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1517757832&sr=1-1&keywords=finnish+education">Finnish Lessons</a> covering the history of the Finnish education system, the changes made and future plans, only a couple of chapters in but so far good and interesting read.<br />
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After last month menu planning for the month went so well, decided to carry it on for February, seem to find I put even more effort into deciding on what food and it is saving me a lot of time too, somore time for other things. Lots of chance to bulk cook and freeze. Mondays there is left over meat form the roast and I cook a vegetarian meal, this then means I always have some veggie meals in the freezer as stand by for me etc.<br />
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<br />Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-68276477293885548942018-01-28T08:47:00.001-08:002018-01-30T13:21:25.582-08:00A Good WeekLast week we had small amount of snow and L managed to make the tiniest of snowmen on her own, perfect timing as we had been reading the Secret Seven when they make loads of snowmen in field and she has been really wanting to make one. My car passed its MOT, huge sigh of relief, adivsory was it needs some welding but my neighbour up the road says he can sort that out and as the car is getting older, he will put some sealant along to reduce the chance of more rust, so I am happy. The only downside this week is I have come down with a cold, tomorrow I am of to the hospital for some allergy testing, I've waited 7 months for this appointment and really worrying that they will say I am not well enough for the challenge. This is all down to the fact that when I had my last steroid injection I had a rather bad allergic reaction, we are assuming to some ingredient in the injection, so before I have anymore hospital treatment, I need to find out what I am allergic too, so fingers are crossed I will be ok.<br />
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M is now working very hard at her maths and has added in some more revision, I know she is struggling and will for various reasons find the exam setting hard, but she will of definitely tried her best and we have a few months to go yet. O has been told his maths grades are great, distinctions all the way, so he won't need to continue the maths part of his access course as he knows what he is doing, so proud Mum moment. L has learnt how to do the o'clocks and loves to set her clock and calendar most mornings, some days we forget but if we are doing some table phonics or maths work then she does her calendar as it is next to where she sits.<br />
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This week we spent some time looking at the UK in our book of <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Maps-Aleksandra-Mizielinska/dp/1848773013/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517152046&sr=8-1&keywords=maps">Maps</a> and I found some Uk flags on <a href="https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t2-g-023-flowers-of-the-british-isles-display-posters-with-flags">Twinkl</a>. I then ended up printing out various flags from around the world for her to colour in while listening to the CD of Faraway Tree.<br />
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M and I have been watching <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09l64y9">A House Through Time</a> fascinating is one word to say about it, the residents of the house were very varied and interesting, I love the fact that he follows up on their lives after they leave the house and move on. One of those programs that could spark many history projects. Can't wait to watch more, we are part the way through episode 3.<br />
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L.S. Lowry was one of the artists mentioned on in our Maps book, so we have been looking at some of his art work. I had a calendar I had saved with some of his paintings and L has loved choosing different ones to copy, fascinated with the different facial expressions and scenery.<br />
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Lots of jigsaws have been made this week, my minded one loves the peg board ones and does really well with them, must sort out the first jigsaws I have. She has enjoyed chatting with L about all the animals on Ls puzzles.<br />
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At the moment L is loving tales from these Enid Blyton nature books as well as listening to <a href="https://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/qs_product_tbp?productId=643205&catalogId=10051&searchTerm=cherry+tree+far%2cm">The Cherry Tree Farm</a>, I am sure I read this as a child but haven't read it to my older children, so thoroughly enjoying rediscovering the story and loving the way Blyton manages to drop in some many animal facts within the story.<br />
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L has been busy with the rainbow archers and had a great time building a house for all her figures.<br />
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On a knitting front, 20 repeats done only another 10 to go, hoping to have it finished by next weekend, or at least that is the goal I have set myself.<br />
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Thank you <a href="https://amothershares.wordpress.com/">Anna</a> for your post on the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09m1vpg/ad/snow-bears?suggid=b09m1vpg">Snow Bears</a> documentary, L and I have enjoyed watching it.<br />
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As life is being more chaotic than peaceful, I think I am going to go with this quote :)<br />
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Linking up with Nicole at <a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/crafting-on_23.html">Frontier Dreams</a>Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-40818754038416510712018-01-21T04:40:00.002-08:002018-01-21T04:45:22.698-08:00January, A Rather Long Post!<br />
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I had planned to write a post at the beginning of the month wishing everyone a happy new year but time already seems to be rushing away! I'm sure I keep hoping, planning for a slower quieter life but life doesn't always go the way you hope does it! Anyway very belated happy new year to everyone.<br />
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We've had a very busy start to the year, with various appointments, routine dental appointments, L was booked in to see an OT and she has confirmed my suspicions that L also has sensory processing issues, we had reached the stage of wanting a confirmation rather than us assuming. I also asked her to check out the way L walked, she is flat footed and has for want of a better description, very wobbly ankles, she was checked at her 2 year old check etc but HV wasn't concerned but it has concerned me, especially looking at the way the shoes wear. So yes the OT feels we need to see the GP for a hospital refer, would someone mind telling the universe that I really don't do hospitals, we seem to of spent enough time in them last year, let alone more appointments. Also our local hospital is an absolute nightmare to park in, when they closed one of our hospitals and merged it into this one, they wanted an extra 2 floors in the car park,this was vetoed my the local council, saying it was out of keeping with the area and it was on a bus route! There isn't even enough disabled parking most of the time for those that need it and I have a feeling the local residence would much of preferred more parking how ever it looked,knowing what the queues are like etc,just my little moan! Car is also due its MOT on Monday, I have a wonderful neighbour who happily will service my car and do a pre MOT check but my car is now 16 years old, so fingers are crossed.<br />
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Now I have been desperately trying to simplify my life though life seems to keep throwing up complications! We, well mainly me decided to menu plan for the month and do lots of bulk cooking, as this would reduce the daily time in the kitchen plus, time shopping, prepping food etc which would allow me more time to work with M. So nearly everyone has been involved in the food prep and cooking. O hasn't but between college 4 days a week, working 16 hours a week at M&S and what ever hours he picks up at the gym, he's not getting a lot of spare time, or what little he has is on his coursework and some socialising. His UCAS application has been put in and he is very keen on doing a degree in biological sciences. So our menu for January is this, see below, it is not set in stone so some variation may occur, obviously there is always a vegetarian option but as most of the time that's just me, I have a variety of choice from meals I made in the freezer.<br />
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So food sorted, I decided to sort out out my childminding paper work, minded documentation needs to be kept for 21 years and 3 months and tax stuff also needs to be kept for 5 years, so I have been religiously storing both. Which sounds great till I realised I had 20 years plus of accounts, so I spent a weekend sorting and refiling everything, way too much shredded paper at the end of it but now have all the child record forms etc filed in 2 boxes, tax in another, then various other legal bits in another, sometimes it would be lovely to have an office to store it all in but at the moment, my office storage is in the loft! Now just remind me when I put next years tax stuff away, I can get rid if an earlier set at the same time....<br />
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So lots going on now, compared to Christmas which was a lovely peaceful time, hubby had a few days of and wasn't on call out, so we could all relax. Christmas Eve we had a lovely walk after our evening meal to see all the Christmas lights, which was loved by all. Chritmas day was very wet, so we didn't get a walk but L had a couple of lego sets and thoroughly enjoyed building them all and Santa gave her the first book in the <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-Tree-House-Valley-Dinosaurs-ebook/dp/B0055CS2PS/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1516220020&sr=8-5&keywords=magic+treehouse+books">Magic Tree House</a> series. This is the first chapter book we have read her and it has gone down well, I've since introduced her to the secret seven and today read a whole secret seven book to her today, she loves them, some of the time was spent sat cuddled up on the sofa reading them, other times she was sat colouring in and drawing but has regularly asked for more stories. We are also enjoying <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Woodland-Tales-Enid-Blytons-nature/dp/0861636945/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1516220156&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=endid+blyton+woodland">Woodland Tales by Enid Blyton</a> beautifully illustrated with lots of animal facts woven into a simple story, perfect for my nature loving 5 year old.<br />
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M the last couple of weeks has been up around 6 am weekdays to get on with her work, trying to get it all finished by lunch time,which she seems to be doing. We started this year using <a href="https://corbettmaths.com/5-a-day/">Corbett Maths 5 a day revision</a>, which is a brilliant website with revision sheets and answers to worksheets, each day you have 5 mixed questions to practise and revise. Answers are online and normally show the working out if you are stuck, along with a comprehensive range of videos on different topics to help and explain if you get stuck. The only think is I am not ready at 7am mentally to help her with quadratic equations, oops!<br />
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L and I have been reading the first couple of chapters of <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Classical-Ancient-Earliest-Emperor/dp/1933339004/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1516478176&sr=8-2&keywords=story+of+the+world">Story of the World</a> the ancients, we love the ancient book, as it travels round the world covering lots of different ancient cultures, I add in lots of extra books, craft, activities, plus add in more British history. I've used it with both O and M as our basis for ancient history, now in theory the book is part of a history curriculum that is supposed to take one year, we take a lot longer, as we go of tangent and deeper in the periods of history that interest each child. For me the book is a starting point, with the history of the world laid out in order but its there for inspiration not put us under pressure. It helps us as it gives us a guide but at the same time we can wonder away from the book when needed My favourite saying is curriculum is there to help you, guide you, reduce your stress by reducing the work load as some of the hard work is done for you already, not make you a slave to it and increase your stress as you panic to try and stay on target, OK GCSEs are a different subject all together but up until 14 the pressure is of, honest. Anyway, L has shown interest in cave paintings and has painted some of her own, lots of interesting talk about why they had to hunt animals, I don't think she has made the link yet with where the meat on her plate comes from.If it wasn't for her multiple allergies, I would carry her discussions further but at the moment they won't allow her to have a healthy vegetarian diet, so I feel we can only really skirt round the issue of the food chain, hunting for animals etc and hope she grows out of her allergies before the link is made, as she gets rather upset over it all. We've looked at and watched some short pieces on Skara Brae, lots of cave paintings and videos and books and the different tools they would use.<br />
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Then we had the clay out and I showed her how to make a coiled pot with the clay, lots of fun had rolling out the long snakes of clay and then trying to coil it round into a pot shape. Now just waiting for it to dry enough to paint.<br />
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M loves to put lunch together for herself and L loves it if she makes hers too, picture below of one of her creations, you can tell why L loves it when M makes her lunch can't you.<br />
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I have finally finished the middle panel of the blanket I have been working on, it is way too much cabling for me and my wrists are rebelling big time, so it has taken forever to do, now working on the last panel, which is knitting up a lot quicker, cable only on every 12th row, so on the 10th repeat already, only another 20 to go!!<br />
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We've had lots of wet and frosty walks, the photos are from one of our dryer walks, as you know they love to explore the stream, this time they discovered how they could change to flow of the water with sticks and depending on how they placed the stick in the water, the pattern of the surface water changed, which they were very interested in.<br />
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Spotted one long tailed tit feeding on some fat balls that someone had hung up.</div>
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<br />Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-1983405812460570722017-12-19T13:28:00.001-08:002017-12-19T13:32:00.954-08:00Days Out and Snow<br />
Last week we made the most of my husband using up his holidays before Christmas and visited a national trust property, one we have been meaning to do for a few years but for various reasons hadn't. Anyway we finally got to see their Christmas displays, every room has a tree set up, I took a photo of a few of them, my favourite is the book tree.<br />
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The tree in the main hall.</div>
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All set for dinner.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"> The kitchen is actually done out in full 1950s style and this is the kitchen tree.</span><br />
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The woodland walk is all decked out in little fairy lights, it must look beautiful at dusk, we had planned to stay longer and have a lovely walk but there was a bitter wind, to say the least, so had a short walk though the woods.<br />
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Lots of benches had carved arms, a mixture of rabbits and squirrels, the girls loved them.</div>
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The rabbits have enjoyed exploring/playing with our tree, the love to nudge the ornaments!</div>
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Woke last Sunday to the surprise of snow, at 4am there was no snow as that is when O and his friends got in from clubbing, so somewhere between then and 7am it snowed. L and M was over the moon and quickly ate breakfast and went out to play, O got up looked at the snow, tried to encourage the rabbits to go out in it and then went back to bed.<br />
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The rabbits decided it was safer to watch the white stuff from the back porch, eventually venturing out, well Rosie managed 3 or 4 hops out before deciding it wasn't for her and Lucy just put a paw in the snow!<br />
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We've always had one or two bird feeders in our garden but L has been asking to get more, with different food to attract more birds. Within 30 minutes of the feeders being put out, L spotted our friendly robin feeding on her new feeder, she is so pleased, we so far have had sparrows, robin, blue tit, great tit and a long tailed tit.<br />
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Finished the last of my Christmas knitting, well present knitting anyway, loved this self patterning wool and how soft it is to knit with, its one of the rascal range from sirdar.<br />
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Monday we visited friends and met her new puppy, who is adorable, home to make and decorate candles and watch Miracle on 34th Street.<br />
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Joining Nicole at <a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.co.uk/">Frontier Dreams</a>Helen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729740220559637687noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813712530750439281.post-13932104212916998962017-12-06T05:12:00.002-08:002017-12-06T05:21:55.625-08:00Stars and SewingThe girls and I are loving <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Christmas-Mystery-Fiction-ebook/dp/B0043M66YU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1512564197&sr=8-2&keywords=mystery+christmas">The Christmas Mystery</a>, what I hadn't realised that the story is based on a journey through history and through countries. Starting in Norway, then heading through Sweden and then on to Denmark. So lots to look up and research if you want to, this morning we had out the atlas looking at the countries and places mentioned and listening to Bach, as his music was mentioned in the story. Wondering where else the story will take us.<br />
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The girls have been busy sewing Christmas decorations, L is still working on hers, think she choose the one with the most sewing, bless her.<br />
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and I had a go at making these paper stars using this <a href="https://www.homemade-gifts-made-easy.com/5-pointed-origami-star.html">origami star tutorial</a>, still rather shocked it worked, ok, I never manage to get the sharp crisp corners that they do but there was so much folding and unfolding before you got to anything that looked like a star. I was doing the what! Really! Its's supposed to go how!! Then wow it worked,much tot he amusement of my girls. They actually had the star around the other way but actually we rather like the contrast of the different patterns.<br />
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