Miles slept in. He was very tired from flying back from England yesterday and needed the sleep so a good start to getting back to our home educating life, having the freedom to get the sleep he needs.
I am feeling so positive about going back to our old way of life. I am excited to have the boys 'back' and there are lots of things I want to do with them
Miles made breakfast for Caden. A boiled egg for himself and scrambled eggs for Caden. He still has the knack for cracking eggs.
The water started bubbling and boiling the egg and we talked about the boiling point of water and watched the steam evaporating.
We had friends over for lunch today so we found a recipe online for beef stew and looked at the ingredients and directions. We went to get our beef from the freezer and our potatoes from the cold store. Then we dug up carrots from the garden and picked some tomatoes and chillies that were ready.
Caden washed the potatoes and the carrots and Miles chopped the potatoes into chunks ready for boiling and steaming. We made steamed veg, boiled pots and braised beef. They were very proud to tell our guests that they picked and made the carrots by themselves.
While Caden was washing the veg he said 'Look Miles a whirlpool' and he showed Miles the water swirling around down the plug hole. I told him that it was because we were in the Northern Hemisphere and that it went in the opposite direction in the Southern Hemisphere and we would look it up online to find out about it. So we did...
We actually found out that this is an urban myth... the water CAN be affected by the Earth in its rotation down a spiral but it has to be a very large body of water and not the water in a sink. There are experiments already done on bbc.co.uk which show the water going in both directions randomly (though there is apparently a physical law which can be applied, we didn't go into this much detail). So we all learned something new!
Miles was given a new tool kit. He said he wanted to be a builder and if he made me something would I give him money for it! Haha! He used his mini-clamp and hammer head and had a great time mucking about with the tools. I think we will be doing a little woodworking in the future together soon since he is showing an interest in this.
Apart from that the kids have played out in the pool, been on their iPads and looked through the world atlas together. Miles decided he wants to visit Romania most of all (because a pretty butterfly lives there). We are going to read Beatrix potter and do their maths programs this afternoon.
Such a positive day back. They have been relaxed and had fun!
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