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A quiet week... a few images...

Making soap

A walk in the Wyre Forest... the Robin who followed us

A visit to Bodenham Arboretum... to do the Nativity trail... in -4c... it was cooooollllldddd! Love the idea of picking my own Christmas tree!

Snuggling up and reading... visiting some 'old friends' of mine from my youth... the language is just lovely in these books... many words I don't know the meaning of but, o, so descriptive!

A morning at the Wyre Forest... looking at the frozen water... and making Christmas decorations in the craft workshop... the finished products are lovely - so simple, yet so effective... and the kids had fun!

Nearly at the end of our Advent reads.

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 We started the week by deciding to brave an outing with a Home Ed group we haven't been to before (yeah, I know... very brave of us, huh?!) at a location we haven't been to before...

All ready to skate...

er... where is everyone? Ah ha... the receptionist informs us that the group hasn't been seen here for a while, she's not sure if they're still meeting or not! Maybe I should have got in touch with someone first! O well... we made it here, so best enjoy ourselves anyway (and we were allowed in for the special Home Ed group price too... which was a blessing, considering a certain wee chap put one foot on the ice and declared it too slippery and that he wasn't going on AT ALL!)...

... nope, absolutely NOT going on... not once in the whole hour we were there!...

But Bubs was very brave and skated around the whole rink, holding on, but that's ok, eh?... and I went on wobble, wobble... slip, slide... for a short while! (well, you know... had to watch Spike off rink...) It was a good experience for them anyway... as we've only ever been to an Ikea version of an ice rink before (ie, plastic, not real ice!).

We've had some Library time this week too.

And some science revision... we have been seeing how plants can reproduce without producing seeds... so we took a chunk of potato that had some 'eyes' and potted it up a couple of weeks ago... and now it is growing... from the eyes...

 Fun with nails... ok, they're not real! But Bubs had fun with them.

Someone's Christmas present?! They're still producing these boats quite regularly from the yard opposite us.

In a sleigh... waiting for Papa Noel...

... just Bubs... no way would Spike be seen with this guy! For some reason Bubs has wanted to do the whole 'Santa' thing this year... don't know why... we've never encouraged it! So, I indulged her... and she got a very nice book out of it!

Round the corner (we were at Hartlebury Castle), we spy this... oooooooo, I'D like to have a go on THAT!

So, I roped my lovely daughter in to come with me (sadly, Spike didn't like the idea... so he stayed with Grama)... I felt like I was in a Period Drama!

One happy mummy!

Here's the kids dressed up in their new smart clothes... they didn't really want to be serious!

 

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We haven't actually done much this week... so I thought if I put up loads of photos, it would seem like we had done a ton of activities! Let's see if it works...

Monday, we took a very cold stroll in Brinton Park... it was the wind that finally finished us off as the cold bit into our fingers. I just loved seeing the moon gazing over the tops of the bare trees.

Our first frosts this week... I love the frost...

Our Avent candles.

Geography Through Art was Germany and we were meant to build a gingerbread house (ideal for this time of year), but I figured that none of us would eat it, so we opted for making gingerbread boys/girls and snow men/women... Bubs was the most artistic, spending time decorating beautifully... Spike opted for the 'make it quickly so I can eat them' method! Each to their own!

We also did a bit about France, and attempted some 'stained glass windows' on Wax paper as suggested, but the result was a little disappointing... however, we enjoyed doing it.

The Tree... wasn't meant to go up so soon... but little children were eager... I assembled it, and put on the lights, then left them to it...

The window in the porch.

We watched a lot of Shaun the Sheep this week!

Autumn leaves at the windows.

'Singing Lessons' at the Home Ed group. It was fun... all acappella, and the kids did so well to learn the different 'parts'.

History Club at Hartlebury had us learning how to tie knots (shown is the 'handcuff' knot!!) and stop the end of a rope from fraying... very interesting, if a little tricky to learn!

Oodles of Mistletoe on the trees around here... this is just one example.

A real live Reindeer! They are very beautiful animals, a lot smaller than I imagined... I've never seen one before and, bizarrely, the kids thought that they could not possibly be real animals! It was great to get up close to them at a local Garden Centre (Papa Noel was no where to be seen!) and learn a little about them... exquisitely made by The Creator.

So, does it look like we've done lots this week... and not just been sitting around watching tv in the afternoons??!!