Our week so far has been basically much the same each day.
We have been doing a study on the ear plus the normal maths and reading.
It has actually been really interesting.
I was learning things about the function of our ears that I never knew.
For example - the Eustachian tubes run from the middle ear to the throat to allow air to balance the ear and mucous to drain out. That's why swallowing helps to clear ears blocked from altitude etc. An infection of the middle ear is often caused via this tube. I know - most of you probably already knew that, but it was an enlightening moment for me when Nathan found that piece of startling information!!
Tim and Aidan have been out doing man’s stuff on the farm.
Monday they were fencing up the hill.
When they got back for lunch Aidan was saying how windy and cold it was.
Tim said that there was a light breeze blowing - Aidan hasn’t been here long enough to experience the ‘can’t stand up at the top of the hill’ winds yet
After lunch they mustered down some sheep.
Today Tim shore some of them and then killed a couple.
That was when Aidan bailed out
After lunch it was calm enough for them to go out in the boat to tie on some floats.
We have had quite a lot more rain over the last few days too.
Yesterday afternoon my voice started going a bit croaky. It was hard to talk on the phone but I still managed okay.
But this morning I woke up to no voice
When Tim realised he commented that the children would be pleased!
It took them a wee while to realise that Mum wasn’t speaking.
Azzan couldn’t understand why and kept on telling me to speak louder.
Nathan thought it was great.
He was my vocal cords and chief phone answerer.
It was actually really quiet during school. Because I was only whispering the children were talking quietly too.
It was great.
I was feeling a bit out of it this arvo so I left Nathan doing some baking and went and lay on my bed with a book. Each time I dozed off Azzan would come and wake me with a very urgent and important question....
‘I’m hungry. What can I have to eat?’
‘Can I watch a movie?’
Nathan got side tracked and the second slice he was baking ended up in the pig bucket - I was not impressed by the wastage caused through inattentiveness (in other words, being side tracked by his computer games in his room!!)
He roasted up some potatoes to go with the stew I had made for dinner and I stir fried up some coleslaw. The coleslaw was not getting eaten as it was but when it was stir fried Shanni informed me it was yummy.
We watched ‘High School Musical 2’ before dinner. I think once was enough - I won’t go actively seeking to watch it again. It was fun with a good moral about friendship to it but.......enough!
Tonight I discovered that the children do actually retain what they learn at school.
Because they had been watching Fraggle Rock last night there was some mention of it at dinner time. Then Nathan began to tell Aidan about the connections between Fraggle Rock and ‘The Rock’, Bermuda. (For those of you who do not know this it was written by a Bermudan and based on an old Bermudan family & The Rock.) And then from there he gave a very detailed account of the history of Bermuda. Most pleasing to know there has been some retention
The children have gotten all their gear packed for our town trip.
Because I couldn’t talk I gave Shanni a list so she had to gt the bags and sleeping bags down from the attic.
In the process two light bulbs got broken
Mahalia was trying to help but Azzan was being his normal silly nearly 6yr old self
I had to intervene and resort and repack his things.
We are heading out on Thursday.
I have a few things to do in town so will go earlier than Tim.
He is taking Shanni & Nathan skiing with the home educators group on Friday.
The forecast is good so they are looking forward to a good day.
Tomorrow if all goes well, there may be a few local ladies coming around for lunch so I have told the children they get a day off school and can play with their lego etc. as long as they want.
We are just in the midst of a very loud thunder & lightening storm so I am going to quickly load this and then disconnect everything before I go to bed.
I don’t want another fried modem.
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