Monday 12 March 2012

Fun times at home!!!

I just wanted to share about some of the really cool stuff the blossoms have been doing around here.

A couple of weeks ago, Dad was busy watching the cricket on television for the afternoon, so the kids spent the afternoon outside playing.  They played their own game of cricket as well, which seemed like a great deal of fun.

As it got closer to dinner time, they decided they wanted a picnic outside, so they went out and set up where they were going to have it.  While they were outside doing that, Dad decided that we would surprise them by putting their dinner into little paper parcels (like at the fish and chip shop).  So we told them not to come inside and that we would take dinner out to them.  So we put their sausages and some homemade wedges in the parcels, added a couple of different dips (tomato sauce and sour cream), and a couple of bits of bread each. 

The tray of food all ready to go.

Dad taking dinner out to them.  They were in their pj's because it was a pj picnic.

After dinner, Shakayla made this teepee.  The idea for this came from having read The Indian in the Cupboard for schoolwork.  
It was really great to see their imaginations growing, and also seeing their learning come out in their play.


Fast forward now to this last Saturday.  After having a bit of a rough day on Friday, I decided that Saturday would be a fun day for us all.  Dad was working so it was just the blossoms and I.  The three big kids and I all chose two things to do during the day. 

We started off with one of Shakayla's ideas.  It was to make miniature gardens on lids from icecream containers.

Shakayla's masterpiece.

James and I worked together to create this piece of magnificence.

Bethany did this wonder, which incidently is portrayal of Spud's (a dearly departed pet fish) grave, and the edge of the garden in which he was buried, and then the lawn.  It is amazing that they still talk about that fish, because it has been dead for at least two years.

So after the garden creations, we set out for a walk on the farm as one of Beth's choices.  We had to find things that began with K and P.  Now this turned out to be a really fun time because it is really hard to find anything walking up the driveway as we did.  We managed to find a few things legimately but some we used a little imagination for, like the petrified wood I found with my friends, the slaters on it who were incidently called Peter, Paul, Pauline, Paula and Pippi.  We even resorted to naming some of the calves in the paddock alongside the driveway.

When we got home, Shakayla and the kids made a teddy bear's picnic for lunch, including honey sandwiches.  So off we all went and sat outside with all the stuffed toys and shared our lunch with them.

Then we played a board game that Beth had chosen to play which was quite a lot of fun, especially when someone ended up having to wait multiple turns before they could move themselves again.  This was followed by a new card game that I had stashed away in the cupboard, called Archealogy.  Well, this turned out to be a hit with us all.  It was great fun, so next time you're visiting ask us if we can play.

After sitting down for awhile playing the games, we ended up going out and having a game of cricket because it was J's choice.  After that, some gingernut cookies were made, although some ended up burnt.  This was also J's choice. 

My final choice was to make sushi.  So that proved lots of fun as always, but most of all provided us with a very delicious dinner.  We ended our day watching a movie on TV called Like Mike 2.  Nana and Grandad have the first one on DVD so it was good to see this one too.

Overall, it was a fabulous day, and one we will repeat but obviously with different things.  However, I think this coming Saturday may end up getting filled up with the jobs I wanted to do last Saturday.

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