A Short Break

We are off on holiday for a week tomorrow, we're going to Devon! So, i'll be back to blogging on our return - have a good week everyone :-)

Who Needs A Playground?

Apparently not Hannah!! We went into town today to buy some Autumn clothes for Hannah, and on the way back decided to stop at the park and play in the sun for a while. Half way across to the playground she announced that playgrounds are 'boring' and not nearly as much fun as trees, and then proceeded to prove her point by spending the next two hours in a tree!!
She did a lot of swinging,

Smiling,

Hugging,

Spotting Wildlife,

and Hanging upside down!!!

She got covered in leaves, collected about a million for the season table and had a lovely, lovely time!!

I thought she'd be tired after all that, and was looking forward to a nice quiet bedtime.................how silly of me!! I should have known that before you go to bed you have to pose in front of the mirror with a selection of your favourite toys,

Do forward rolls, backward rolls and try to turn yourself inside out,

and read the very longest book you can manage, veeeerrrryyyy slowly, out loud and insist that mummy listens transfixed to every word.

(yes, Hannah really does sleep with all those soft toys)

Then, and only then, can mummy read your bedtime story and finally say goodnight at 8.30pm......................a whole hour after you went to bed!!!

Good night Hannah, love you lots xxxx

Not Back To School Picnic

We have had the BEST day today!! Our home ed group had it's first ever Not Back To School Picnic and it was really fun!

The children played games, ran races, went crabbing in the pond, ate picnics, climbed trees and had a great time while the parents joined in, chatted and enjoyed the sunshine.

I'm so glad we home-school and so pleased to have such a great network of friends around us - I feel very lucky today!

Hannah's shirt says 'Home School Rules' on the front and Education Anywhere - Learning All The Time on the back.

Super cute Oscar!

Picnic Time

Hannah and Oshi had a lovely time together!

Games

Finn, Oshi and Hannah in the sack race! Thank you to all our Home-Schooling friends who made today such a success :-)

Signs of Autumn By the Water

It was a chilly morning here today with a definite feel of autumn in the air. Hannah and I went to Hilsea Lines Moat for a walk (and scoot) which was beautiful in the sunshine, and spotted some ripening blackberries and some gorgeous red hawthorn berries. I love the sight of Hawthorn berries, they herald my favourite season and get me thinking of apple picking, falling leaves and bonfires!
The Moat

Hannah scoots everywhere at the moment!

Watching the water.

The first blackberries are ripening.

Hawthorn Berries

Inquisitive Swans.

The Royal Armouries Museum

Today Hannah and i have been to The Royal Armouries Museum with our friend Claire. Claire is Hannah's lovely tutor, and has become a good friend of ours. She collected us in her car today, complete with a yummy picnic and we went up to the fort on Portsdown Hill.

The first thing Hannah wanted to do was eat, so we had our picnic in the refectory while Hannah and Claire did a bit of hat swapping and then we set off to explore the museum.

Hannah was quite interested in it all once we had reassured her that no one would be firing any guns lol.

Up at the top of the fort there is a lovely view over the fields and farms towards Denmead, and Hannah had a great time running up and down the grassy banks.

It's been a really nice day, and i know that Hannah is looking forward to seeing Claire again soon (in her tutoring capacity), as after she had left Hannah said that she had wanted to get her books out and do some lessons with her too - funny little girl :-)

Thanks for a great day Claire x

Infinity Session

Recently Hannah and i joined a new group called South Of England Unschoolers, and yesterday we went to the brilliant Infinity Session! Hannah had a fantastic day, she was so happy and relaxed and made lots of new friends and caught up with some old friends too. She did art and craft, played skipping games, picked blackberries, ran around in the garden and made up games and adventures with her friends.

Making plasticine models with her friend Tess Some of the art she did.

An upside down bench boat!

Making new friends.

And what did i do? Well i met some lovely parents and lovely children who were all so friendly and welcoming, i drank coffee, chatted, and marvelled at the fact that Hannah had settled in so quickly and happily!

A really good day :-)

An Arty Home Ed Group Session

Our group meetings are usually held in the main city library here, but last week some vandals blocked the 3rd floor sinks and left the taps on all night resulting in flood damage to the whole library and emergency closure of the building for at least two weeks (isn't that terrible?). So, today we had our meeting at my house!!!
My house is VERY small, and we had 15 of us in here, but it was really fun!! The children all behaved beautifully and seemed to enjoy the session alot.

We are having our 'Not Back To School' picnic next week, so today we started to get ready for it. The children all decorated t-shirts with Home Schooling slogans and pictures on them, and then helped the mums to make a big banner to put up at the picnic.
They all did a great job with their t-shirts using fabric paints and marker pens and Hannah is really looking forward to wearing hers next week!

Hannah decorating her shirt

That's the first part done!!I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who came to my house today and made it such a good session i really appreciate you coming (especially on such a rainy day!) x