It's "Super-Venus"! (of Willendorf )

Tuesday Shayla got her new glasses, she looks awesome and is so happy she can see clearly now. Of course she chose the funkiest teenage pairs Looking very cool and beautiful.

Ok so today was one of those days, we didn't go to any firework displays last night, Ariel was exhausted and asleep by 6.30, we had done a fair bit of walking yesterday.

Shayla wasn't in the least bit bothered, we could see plenty from the window and it saved paying an absolute fortune to stand in the cold, listening to dreadful music which is horrendously loud every year and getting covered in mud, which is what we normally do. Also auntie is taking her to a display Friday. Shhh she doesn't know ;)

We did spend yesterday, visiting the doctor for the second time in 2 days, for me, stiff neck and Asthma, then we wondered about our favorite places again... never know if you might miss something :) (charity shops) picked up some lovely  bits as usual, Shay got a beautiful velvet scarf and super soft pair of gloves, it was very chilly yesterday. She also got a pretty decoration which is now hanging in the hall.

As usual our collection of books increased.

Yes it says boys but who cares :)

The storybook that has been read already.....

I got son a lovely silver box (he collects unique things, gets that from his mother).

We cracked and bought the 2 silver cushions we had noticed last week (£1.50 each).

Also got some new bed sheets and quilt covers, perfect condition £2 each and pillowcases for 50P plus a large white one which can be used as a template for repairing the sofas large cushions (recycling) 2 lovely brown cushion covers perfect for the 2 small cushions.

The girls were up early as usual, Ariel wrote our instructions for the day on the whiteboard

She also made some amazing pictures using buttons and wrote 'frozen' so clearly,  she decided to have a Frozen day and has been watching and singing along with the DVD.

Flowers made with buttons

This is Elsa making her bridge in frozen

Ariel has now moved on to Barbie so some interesting artwork later I expect.

We don't really watch television, only once every 2 weeks when GS is over or if it's Bear Grylls, Shay loves survival programmes)  so DVD's are a treat

Shazzy has been hard at it on you guessed it Minecraft

Don't ever tell me Minecraft isn't educational, ask Shay how to make cakes, glass, what that tree is called, what that rock is called etc etc Amazing learning tool!

So today we finally signed up to the Khan Academy after cuz sent us the link reminding us :) https://www.khanacademy.org/  Shayla starting with Paleolithic Art, currently working on Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf ) 50% complete and achieved badge of persistence.

Now She is doing an hour of Scratch and laughing so much.

Followed by 5 minutes on a  Miniclip game called Sushi, which she explained all about to me, involving decision making, maths etc http://www.miniclip.com/games/en/

I have Torticollis at the moment so am taking things easy (ish)

Disaster of the day... Double quilt and cover shredded in the washing machine!!!

Never mind these things happen.

I am listening to this:

and Shayla is listening to this:

What did the squid say

 

Ariel is watching Frozen for the 2nd time today, I guess it's a winner :)

This is my favourite:))) 

Let it Blow

We have just made a huge veg casserole that will feed us for days :) and Shayla has come up with a new experiment for next week, following on from our OU science course about solids and liquids and how they behave, she want's to see if she can make chocolate jelly so watch this space....

Ariel singing Let it Go

Midges Still Biting Due to Mild November Weather

Had a nice relaxing half term, got both girls eyes tested, we pick  Shazzy's glasses up tomorrow. Ariel's sight is fine. Decided to do no further English or Maths until we have the glasses.

Managed to go out for a couple of hours on Wednesday with BFF and sister made a nice change.

Well after putting up the Halloween decorations on 24th ( I done it a week early because I didn't want to leave it until the last minute) then my right leg seized up for 2 days then the left knee :) I had 2 bad asthma attacks so I won't be doing Halloween next year it's sis turn phew!!!

Had to turn our learning space into a Halloween party space, the girls loved it.

They made bats and skeletons and all sorts for the wall

BFF and girls made a fab gingerbread house!!

I carved the pumpkin

The skull lost 2 teeth so I managed to give him a filling on the bottom.

Stuck this to the kitchen door and once removed it had left a nice red imprint :)

It was such a nice day we decided to move the party outside.

and once it got dark and cold we went inside.

A great time was had by all.

It is now November 3rd and I have been laid up all day yesterday with neck pain, no doctor appointments until tomorrow, when I have the men coming to do the door, got to collect and have a further test for Shay with the glasses and we were supposed to be going to see House of Magic at Kingston Odeon, never mind nanny is taking Shay to see the Book of Life instead , and we have 3 more films lined up for this month.

So today I am giving the girls a free day, so far have listened to them singing 'what did the squid say' for a couple hours, I managed to video some because I was so impressed :) Might upload to you tube.

Casserole on even though it was really painful to cut the veg, smells lovely.
Still the odd decoration about I need to restore our learning space it will be done by Wednesday hopefully.

Hopefully catch up with the rest of the family sometime soon <3 you were missed xx

Hope everyone had a great half term <3 Back to the grind