We were so excited to be home for 5 weeks when we got back from the UK and Holland. I got the kids set up on their laptops with their own accounts for Khan Academy, Duolingo, Reading Eggs, Nat Geo and many others... We are doing Conquer Maths from next January but as we are going away for a couple of weeks in November, there didn't seem much point starting the subscription yet. Khan Academy is fantastic... I can't recommend it enough! There is something for everyone. It's free and the quality and presentation of the information is top class!
We went shopping at our local charity shop and rummaged around in the toy bin to find a big box of cowboys and indians which have given the boys hours of fun!
Usual walkies....
Caden's Grandad Bill gave him some dinosaur skeleton models. Caden was very exited to assemble them all in his newly organised bedroom. They have pride of place in there. Thank you Grandad Bill! Caden is very grateful and loves them! This is his bedroom with the skeletons right next to his bed.
We organised Caden's bookcase. He is a bookworm as well as a paleontology buff!
Miles positively identified shaggy ink caps in the woods, they are edible and easy to distinguish from other mushrooms...
Lunch in the garden before it's too cold to eat outdoors anymore.
More walkies with friends.
The kids have been dressing up. We made a playroom for them and they have been enjoying their toys a lot.
Miles has shown some promising abilities with cross fit, he is enthusiastic about it and we have enrolled at the Angouleme cross fit box. We go every Saturday now and we do a little bit of cross fit at home on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Usually its about 15 minutes of circuits that includes some basic olympic weightlifts. I am doing cross fit too. Miles is the youngest member of Angouleme cross fit and he loves it when all the fit and muscly dudes fist bump him after a hard workout! I am really hopeful about this as a venture for him. This is one of our circuits.
more walkies but dressed as Spiderman today!
Miles, not the dog!
In the meantime, I am constantly renovating the house and making it better and better! It's come such a long way! This is our boot room just after the floor was laid. I've painted it all now.
Miles and Caden are taking private French lessons each week. Miles loves his teacher and is coming along really well with his French and English reading and writing.
Paul is contributing to the boy's fitness classes and that meant Miles could go out and get a new pair of Asics gel trainers. Ideal for Cross fit - he absolutely loves them!
Caden read his way through about 7 Horrible Histories books in a week! I must find the rest of the collection for a Christmas present for him!
They have had many sleepovers and play dates with their friends. More cross fit.
One beautiful evening where we had a campfire in the garden before a spectacular sunset.
Walkies, dressed as batman, a fox and an owl.
The kids helped me to make lunch for them all.
One early morning on the farm.
Miles' favourite board game, Wildcraft. We played, he won (he cheated again :D )
More shrooms that Miles found, we left them alone this time.
... and playtime on the rug with friends by the fire as it's becoming quite chilly outdoors now at the end of October.
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