This kept Pop busy for hours!!! She filled the small cup with her hands and transferred it to the large one, dumped that out when it got full and started again!
Yes, lots of escaped rice. Nothing a broom couldn’t easily fix!!
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We have music teachers, choir teachers, outdoor teachers, gymnastics teachers…..
They each get a cute box filled with homemade peppermint bark and an ornament the kids have decorated. Fun!
Enjoying the journey, Amanda
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The tree is up and fully decorated. All we need are a couple of presents nestled under there and we are done! I’m so excited to be this far ahead. And to have such a beautiful tree. Thanks Uncle Karl!!!!
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Our annual Christmas visit with Uncle Karl is underway. We have done our Christmas shopping and decorated the tree.
Today Uncle Karl made marshmallows. So terribly tasty. I had to restrain myself from eating the entire bowl before they even were put up to set.
The kids had a great time cutting the marshmallows out.
I made coconut hot chocolate which was divine which we topped with whipped cream and the homemade marshmallows. Uncle Karl had brought each of us a new Christmas mug and it was all very festive.
Even Poppy got in on the fun and thoroughly enjoyed her treat!
Enjoying the (decadent) journey, Amanda
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Taking a cue from the wonderful Soulemama, Fridays (or thereabouts) consist of a single photo, no words, capturing a moment of time during our week.
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Taking a cue from the wonderful Soulemama, Fridays consist of a single photo, no words, capturing a moment of time during our week.
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Since her programme is essentially a Waldorf Boy Scouts, I thought needle felting would be just the thing. I’ve not done a lot of needle felting, but I wasn’t too sure what else to do!!
The theme for this round of badges is maple syrup. The group went to a maple sugar farm and learned all about sugaring and were given a list of ideas for earning a badge.
I’ve got my fingers crossed that the kids will be pleased with their first badges!!
Enjoying the (crafty) journey! Amanda
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Bug likes her ballet class, but she loves her highland dance class. Today she had her first dance exam - and I had my first go at putting her hair in a bun. Luckily her teacher took over as it was a bit of a disaster. Her studio loaned her a cute kilt and off she went!
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Happy Birthday to my little girl who is growing up way too quickly!
Enjoying the journey, Amanda
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The last two years we have picked up a butterfly rearing kit from the local butterfly conservatory. The activity is popular amongst local homeschoolers and classroom teachers.
Last year, all but one of our caterpillars died. The one that did survive fell as he came out of the chrysalis and had a crumpled wing since we were not home when this all happened. Fuss was devestated.
This year, we were pleased when we picked up our kit to find that they had provided us with four chrysalys in addition to the caterpillars. We were not the only ones who had a poor outcome last season. Here is our milkweed plant when we first brought it home.
We (read: I) had to pin the four chrysalis onto the top of the cage. I’m not a bug person, so this was a huge leap for me.
Fuss was so pleased when the first butterfly came out and was perfectly healthy and ready to go.
What was really nice was this one spent probably about 45 minutes hanging out on fuss’s hand.
He finally decided it needed a bit of a push to leave the nest, so he put it on one of the flowers in our butterfly garden.
You can see a tag on this one. The kits we pick up are part of Monarch Watch which is dedicated to the study of migratory Monarchs (early season Monarchs are non-migratory, late season are migratory). We tag them right before they are released. It’s actually not overly easy to do, so one didn’t get a tag since it was a bit too active. Hopefully this one gets to enjoy it’s journey!
We still have two chrysalis left and they are looking pretty healthy so fingers crossed they do just as well.
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