Woops, I've fallen off the blogging bandwagon again, this past few months has whizzed by! We've visited family rural New South Wales & Sydney, celebrated Ms 2's birthday with a party, attended attachment parenting group meets, homebirth group meets, and two blessingways! Plus lots of everyday fun inbetween, for good measure. Whilst it seems to be time for Winter hybernation for most, it's been pretty busy our neck of the woods.
Thought I'd post this picture of Eli dressing up as a swamp monster recently... his own idea and his own doing, I just helped with cutting out the googly eyes. Pretty scarey monster right? The dress-up box has been ''re-discovered'' and both kids have been having a blast trawling through it again of late. Occasionally I'll find a faux fur coat at the opshop or some sequined fabric scraps to toss in, the look on their faces when they discover new additions is priceless.
Thought I'd post this picture of Eli dressing up as a swamp monster recently... his own idea and his own doing, I just helped with cutting out the googly eyes. Pretty scarey monster right? The dress-up box has been ''re-discovered'' and both kids have been having a blast trawling through it again of late. Occasionally I'll find a faux fur coat at the opshop or some sequined fabric scraps to toss in, the look on their faces when they discover new additions is priceless.
The kids so enjoyed spending time at the river in my hometown when we visited Poppy recently. Master 4 was amazed that the flotsam and jetsam in the tree branches was put there by flood waters several months back- the heights were more than double Poppy's height! We also paid a visit to the town cemetary that day, walking around at our leisure reading headstones. A visit to a cemetary means lots of questions I've discovered, why are there so many little graves? Why didn't medicine make the children better? Where is out family? Which one is your Daddy, Poppy? Etc. Both children showed such reverence there, I was surprised that my rather brief (and only, thus far) explaination of death seemed to touch them on such a level.
On a less sombre note, we're trying hard to budget for Unschooling Conference at the Gold Coast in September! It looks set to be a pretty amazing few days, with lots of chats, water play, craft, meeting others families.. fingers crossed we can make it I'm especially looking forward to hearing Dayna Martin from the USA speak about her family's experience unschooling. Dayna's youtube videos on the topic are some of the biggest early influences on my decision to persue unschooling.
Sending you all vegie-soup comfort during this bitterly cold weather, hope you're all warm and well!
Blogmum.
Sending you all vegie-soup comfort during this bitterly cold weather, hope you're all warm and well!
Blogmum.
