Thursday - Mikes Birthday - We didn't go anywhere,Mike of course, preferred to stay home, as the football was on. Becky made him a lovely cake, and we spent the day in the garden.
Friday - Monthly Nature Study - decided to look at Ants. Usually, there are lots of them in our back garden, but could we find any!
Eventually they both found a few, managed to catch them and put them in the ant farm they had made (1 jar, sand, mud, water, leaves, sugar, honey, elastic band, dark paper and cloth).
Looked at the Nature Study Handbook, then entered all info they had gathered into their Nature Journals.
Later is was Netball for Becky and more World Cup in the evening.
Mike home for the afternoon, we all spent it in the back garden, playing, reading and listening to the World Cup on Five Live.
Sunday - Mum and Dad visited in the morning, stayed for lunch, gave my Dad his present and card, still lovely weather - wonderful.
Today - Well the day seemed to start well. Lovely weather again, breakfast out in the garden, I wasn't feeling too good, so my lovely children said they would help me with the housework.
Afterwards they did English and Maths, in the back garden of course, meanwhile I had decided to try and move our swing seat and our huge wooden picnic table on my own - this is where the sciatica comes in.
So I am in agony all day (not that keen on taking pain relief, as still breastfeeding).
James was feeling grotty, due to waking up at 11 (by someone, mentioning no names - blowing their nose like a foghorn!) and not getting back to sleep until 1am. So after lunch he slept for a few hours, and as I too was up until 1am, so did I.
Mike came home at 11,then back to work for a couple of hours at 5.
When James woke up,he could here the kids next door, and wanted to go out, but they had arranged to play cricket with Becky and Danny, and they had been looking forward to it all day, I didn't want to stop them going out, and I also didn't want James to go out with them as they wouldn't have been able to play properly.
So I managed to distract him with painting, he painted a rock, some wood, the table, his hands, the grass and his clothes.
Then he got annoyed because he had paint everywhere and the paddling pool was too cold to go in and wash it off, so we went inside and I stuck him in the shower.
By this time, I had had enough of trying to keep him occupied outside, so I give up and go inside,give him some popcorn and put Tommy Zoom on the TV! He is quiet, I had a break.
Becky and Danny come in for their tea, then Mike arrives home and we go out into the garden again to catch the last of the days sunshine, water the plants and tidy up the debris (James's toys, paints, James's clothes, shoes, books, magazines, etc).
Apart from the pain from my back/leg/buttock a nice day really.
Photos from the last few days:-
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