Added to yesterday's blog to do list is the youtube playlist of title tracks which tells me today it has suffered eight deletions but not, helpfully, which tunes they are.
Yesterday there was a different studio for the artists in the form of another house but this morning I discovered that the canvas of artificial grass from a few days ago has been shredded to provide animal food and bedding.............the imaginative play is nothing if not authentic consequently, after filling a dyson with its green fibres, it had to be relegated to the garden. Even I have limits ;-) But it served as a handy zoo for a while for Big and Baby Smalls whilst Middle Small was off on a play morning.
Forgot to mention yesterday that I sorted out some strewing and planning for June gallivants including Cass Sculpture Foundation, Brooklands Museum, Imperial War Museum; Tangmere Military Aviation Museum.
Just to give you a hint as to what's ahead.
Our resident lark, E 5, aka Middle Small had 4 hours away on a play date with some of our long standing home ed friends. In fact we knew them for a year or so before he was born. Totally spontaneously made a thank-you card when he arrived home. It worked well as I incorporated butchers and bakers into dropping him off and a Hair cut for TDO was weaved into collection. He played playmobil knights and played with a wooden cross-bow with his own made bullet.
There were library books to collect today and 60 or so to return. The Superhero graphic novels remain but the WWII's were all returned - several of which covered the history of our local area and one contained this sketch of the top of the hill on the way to our house. The tree and house remain but now juggernauts and tankers fight to squeeze two a time through the gap you can see at the top where once sheep were herded. Bonkers. Seeing this picture really bought the absurdity of the traffic congestion into sharp focus.
We used lemon juice and a old perfume pen I found in the drawer - S forbidden taking of photos after this one though as the ink is to be used for top secret spy messages only. I am not sure it is what Penhaligons had it mind but it worked out okay (once the smell of Love Potion number 9 wore off!)
O and I had an hour of stories this morning. I have been aware I am not reading to him enough but he reassured me "It's okay Mum I know all these words!"
Learning all the time, it might be the school holidays week but the natural rhythm of learning is not interrupted here but boy is it great with two adults around.
3 comments:
We have done 3 out of the 4 places you plan to visit.
Brooklands is great- you can go onboard a Concorde (and have a replica flight) and there is another aircraft which also does simulated flights and you can sit in the pilots's seat and take the controls. Brilliant fun !
Went to Brooklands myself as a child as my Mum's side of the family all lived in that area. We tried to go a year or so ago but got stuck at Mercedes Benz world!! We went to Cass on our wedding anniversary 2 or 3 years ago but keen to take E as he is very into outdoor sculpture :-)
I love the invisible ink thing - I remember doing that as a child (not perfumed though)!
As for that picture of your hill - oh yes, it's so sad what traffic is doing to our world. We walk a lot and often have to step off pavements onto roads to allow for cars parked on the pavements (some of our local roads were particularly difficult to move along when we used a pushchair). What a pity your road doesn't still look like that :-(
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