March Musings

“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” — Margaret Atwood

It's been a more busy March than anticipated so far. I had intended to take it slowly and plod through our curriculum but it has been a disruptive and busy time.  Throughout the month we have been focusing on our garden. We managed to find a free greenhouse which was a great asset, we moved our net swing so we could put our greenhouse there. Emma planted various plants, purchased a heap of seeds and helped us tidy the garden up.....in between ALL THE FLIPPING RAIN!!!

We began the month with an invite to a birthday party with friends at a local bird of prey centre. which was a lovely treat, if a little cold.

 

The first week included our home ed co-op session continuing with History and Science, and in the same week was the organised trip to The Newt for an educational day looking at the Roman excavations and the mock-Roman villa they have built there. 

It was apparently World Book Day that day too. We don't personally celebrate it because we celebrate books every day so it feels a bit redundant. However, I watch kids heading to the local school and most are dressed as disney characters, or in a random outfit of questionable book origin, so I am not sure they understand what a 'book day' is. As for those who are dressed as actual book characters, I often wonder if the kids who dress up for world book day have even read the books they pick characters from... And, conversely,  have the parents, who are the ones more likely to have picked the outfits,  read those book either? 🤔 

So week two involved a hospital appointment that I had been waiting 50 weeks for, along with a final diagnosis on the matter. Tuesday was an appointment for me, and then clubs and groups, homeschool on Wednesday and Thursday and Friday out Art lesson.

I went with Emma for a rare night out on 15th to celebrate my, and my friends', birthday. Hers is 13th and mine is 20th so we tend to meet in the middle to celebrate.

Nathan and family came for the weekend and it was so good to see them all again. Although D is still a little timid around us, I think she is starting to get used to us, and I hope she feels at home here when they visit. Abi and family came over on the Sunday to see them and catch up and it was lush to see them too. It was a late stressful night Saturday night, and then Sunday was a bit bittersweet would have been mum and dad’s wedding anniversary. 

This last week was full again starting with our home ed coop on Monday where we finished up our science topic and got to a good stopping point with our history too. 

Tuesday was a fun time visiting with a new home ed friend and sharing tea and general information. Nathan popped back on his own to see me for my and his birthday, staying until Saturday. My sister also arrived Wednesday and went home today so it was a full house here. 

Abi and family came over again too and It was great to get us all together. On Thursday we took my sister over to The Newt for a walk and a wander.  

On Friday Emma, My sister and I went to Hay-on-Wye for a visit. We loved seeing the book town but declared we needed longer there to fully enjoy it and did NOT appreciate the 4.5 hour journey home. 

Everyone left this morning and I am SO tired now! Time to take a couple weeks' break for some relaxation apart from our Easter curriculum and a couple Twinkl live lessons we are behind on.