The Great Outdoors

We've had a fab day, the sun was shining this morning and we went for a walk to the local shop - going in a straight line :)
We had a lovely view of our house from across the valley.
It took a few hours but was so much nicer than going in the car.
D did some baby wearing and M & R had a brilliant time marching through the fields and chasing pheasants :)

A Stroll....

We're enjoying our first week of home edding, just chilling and deschooling.

Yesterday we went to Steiner group in the morning and had a fab time making bread, sewing felt and singing.

Today we discovered a puncture on the 'Landy' so we had to drive to the garage and then walk home. Along the way we discovered an amazing old Oak tree.

The Spelt bread is cooking and all is well.

Start As You Mean To Go On

Home ed day 1 and we've had such fun.
Shopping this morning - working out prices, checking change.
Baking chocolate cake, making casserole.
This afternoon Snakes and Ladders, Jigsaws, Lego and friends to dinner.
Tonight we had 'story time' and started reading Stig of the Dump.
Little chick is doing well too, thankfully he seems to have recovered from his chill.

A Quiet Day

We awoke this morning to the amazing smell of honey and sunflower bread in the bread maker, ready just in time for breakfast.
I was expecting to take D to his rugby match this morning but a lovely friend offered to take him, so I had a free day.
A, M, W & R went off to grandparents for the day so it was just H and me left for a quiet day at home.
We sorted some old toys, had a tidy up and even found time to read - I'm reading the totally inspiring Life Without School by Veronika Robinson and her amazing family. Along with Jean Liedloff, Veronika has had an immense impact on how I parent as well as how I view the world and society in general.

This evening I found one of our Orpington chicks looking pretty poorly. He was very drowsy and cold. I stuck him into my shirt to warm him up and M helped me syringe feed him some water. He's in an incubator at the moment to keep warm, time will tell but he's not looking great.

Truly Autumn

For the first time this autumn I lit a fire. We were a little chilly this morning when we got up so we collected some sticks and logs and within a few minutes we were toasty warm.

Later we collected the last of the apples and blackberries and made a pie.

Now after a lovely day in the autumn sunshine everyone is exhausted.

The last day of school

Well M & W have had their last day of schooling, for a while at least. Unschooling has now begun :) .
R has been indulging in her current dough obsession. We made salt dough this morning, dyed yellow with tumeric and she had a fun hour or so with rolling pin and cutters.



This afternoon we had a stroll and picked ourselves a few blackberries.

Mad day!

After lots of thinking we have come to the conclusion that, at the very least, our youngest children deserve unschooling. So tomorrow is M & W's last day of school :) We are starting out on a big adventure for all of us, it's very scary but very exciting too :D

Other than the big 'decision' R & H have been to the beach, building sand castles and collecting shells.

There was even a little collaboration :)

Also our chicks have been madly hatching, what looked like lots of eggs yesterday, now looks like this -

Chilling out

R, H and I had the loveliest morning at our local Steiner Playgroup. We made gingerbread, sang songs and listened to stories, such a relaxed and chilled atmosphere. Can't wait for next week.
This afternoon R was in the baking mood so we made biscuits.

Today is hatch day for my incubated eggs, several have begun to hatch but by tomorrow I should have a bundle of yellow fluffiness cheeping away.

Well, it's been a while...

...a lot's happened, new baby, new home.

I'm feeling inspired to write again. This time of year is just amazing, such beautiful colour everywhere.

I'm currently in a whirl of small children, egg incubation, chicks hatching, knitting, baking and battling with the shortage of hours in each day.

Looking forward to Samhain celebrations and a big birthday later in the autumn.