Getting there slowly!

Unpacking seems to be taking forever, not sure why...at least the books are in the bookcase and I'm getting close to being able to once again see half the living room floor.
The under stairs cupboard is full of stuff I'm going to boot sale which escaped the first 'sort out'
Living in such a small house previously means even surrounded by all the boxes this house feels uncluttered! Every time I have unpacked a box these last few days Darren appeared with more boxes and dumps them in the living room!I( which is where they stay until I do something about it!)
Ive also noticed he now has three trays of varying types full of 'bits' which I'm not allowed to touch or move...except Ive had enough and am buying him a tool box( not that he owns many tools, he just hoards 'bits')

Its all such a hassle getting through it all when the weather is good and I wasted most of yesterdays good weather stuck in work in melting temperatures when I could have been out lounging! Its cloudy today but the weather is due to return soon. I found a load of outdoor cushions and beanbags in a sale so for less than £50 we have the lounging arrangements for the decking in hand :)

The poor rabbits don't seem to keen on the weather though, our poor dwarf lop, thumper is moulting furiously as he tries to keep cool and his coat is looking decidedly sparse in places.. I must investigate a way of keeping him cooler. Ive shaded part of his hutch and run with some cardboard for now.

Education wise, not an awful lot is being done here. We've been out to visit our nearest local group this week and caught up with friends we haven't seen for a few months there and next week there is the next home ed event at the YMCA which Ive managed to switch Connors Dyslexia action session to accommodate so I'm looking forward to taking them to that. I can't tell them about it yet though or they'll explode with excitement and then work themselves into deciding they aren't going by Tuesday.

Connors spent some time playing 'football games' he found on the woodlands junior school website this morning.I'm a horrible mummy because I wont let him on his playstation during the day so he felt triumphant that he was still 'playing football games' on the PC despite my 'ban' ( So we both won I guess;-))
He's also spent lots of time practicing his spelling words using the wooden letters I bought him. He really enjoys using them, Chloe suggested it when she saw he wouldn't do the spellings he was being given by his dyslexia tutor and they've been a great success. Obviously, being a 9 year old boy 'rude' and anatomical words feature regularly! I drew the line at spelling anything dreadful though....

Sophie did a couple of pages of her science workbook and watched the birds in the garden for a while. I must get her a bird spotters guide as she seems really interested in them at the moment and is desperate to identify the tiny mouse ( or maybe its not) which keeps getting into the rabbit hutches and taking off again before she gets close enough to take a picture/look closely enough.I must get her a bird box kit and get her building that.She really got into it after we went with our friends to Center Parcs.

Chloe's off to stay with a friend this weekend who lives in the New Forest, they are going riding horses on the beach.. lucky thing, I'm so envious.