We've had another very busy few days! After spending two days on first aid training at work it was nice to be back with the kids although I can't deny the break wasn't good!
Thurday saw us join with other home educators at The Millenium centre for a production of Tin-tin in Tibet http://www.tintintheshow.co.uk/
It was fantastically well acted and the children really enjoyed it. I hope they will be inspired to read the books as a result. Unfortunately we don't own any at the moment so a trip to the library might be iminent!
On friday we went to the Home Learners day at the museum. The workshop alledgely was "Make a stained glass tile" however when we got there it was essentially arranging pieces of acetate in a laminating pouch and after we left Connor ( who is getting increasingly literal) said "So when are we doing the stained glass then?" I think maybe I will check what exactly is planned at each of these workshops in future before booking. !Connor was dissappointed as he really wanted to learn about stained glass and its a long way to travel if its something which wont really interest them much. Im now on the hunt for a genuine stained glass workshop for him. I cant believe he didnt twig all the colour blending activities were "stained glass themed" but" if theres no glass, it cant be stained glass can it Mum?" (errr no son??)

However he was cheered by a trip to Macdonalds where we discussed healthy eating, all the different methods of advertising , the target audience and effectiveness and why they'd chosen Macdonalds over other meals and interestingly the conversation moved onto the question "whats a Bisexual?"!!!!! ( how we got from Ronald Macdonald to sexual preferences was anyones guess!)
I spent last night and today working and Gran took them to the cinema to see "Enhanted" which we were seeing in a week with film education ( drat, I wanted to see that too!) and they came home tired but happy.
Tonight Flower, one of our rabbits went missing, we went out and the run door was somehow open! cue many tears from Sophie especially who was panic stricken as there are about 10 cats living 2 doors away who keep having to be shooed out of our garden as they like nothing better than stalking the rabbits. It wouldnt be beyond the realms of possibility for one of the cats to have pawed at the catch until theyd 'got it' so Ill be fitting extra locks. Fortunately she was found quite quickly and cuddled to within an inch of her life ! Chloe was upset as she found she was missing and as she only comes home at weekends felt really guilty and would be reassured that she couldnt possibly be to blame if she hadnt opened the door. Its strange how both she and Connor get upset in quite a different way to Sophie. Its funny how their thinking runs...

Ive downloaded some resources for free from http://www.homeschoolestore.com/catalog/index.php
as they had a free offer for u to $200 of free stuff. Ill look forward to trying some of it, particularly the 'Grinch' Lapbook kit which will make a nice seasonal project and a WW2 project unit which I'm sure will come in useful at some point as Sophies plodding through Ann Franks Diary. I wonder whether Chloe might have a go at the Harry potter one when shes home at Christmas, shes very easily bored so Im glad I have a standby to offer her in case! She usually yells and hollers about boredom in typical teenager fashion and demands to go back to school within a week of the holidays starting!