Home happenings

We have been going all out to try and get our school work done by the end of next week so we can break for the holidays a week early. Sadly my mum is not coming to visit as planned, as her husband has had an op. Even though we know it is not a good idea for him to travel now, we are saddened that they are not coming.

J has been knuckling down to finish the unit he is busy with and the younger two have been making leaps and bounds towards the end of their work too.We have had fun with lots of hands on experiments....

Checking whether ants will wade through toothpaste and conditioner to get to some jelly....

Trying to make a needle float on water to demonstrate surface tension and how a water strider can walk on water......
Checking whether more bugs live in the sand under the trees amongst the leaf litter or in a sunny spot in the garden....

Taking a mid morning swim break so we can carry on.....it has been well into the 30s!

As I declared it a no TV week, the children have become rather creative. K spent some time baking some delicious cheese muffins for the ever hungry kids to snack on.....

Z decided it was time to learn to sew and fixed a hole in one of his teddies ears....

He also decided his sword needed to be revamped and began sanding it in preparation for re spraying it.

Just had to show you my harvest of baby tomatoes which went into last nights tuna salad!