The most important part of January was this little guy's birthday. He turned 5 years old. He loves trains, so we went to our local city children's playground where there is a miniature ride-on railway. We rode the train, and then headed on to the pool to spend an afternoon swimming on a hot summer day.
Cake by Butterfly.
My garden did really well this year. Yay.
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| Hollyhocks |
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| Alderman Tall Pea plants growing over a frame...yummy! |
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| Giant Sunflower |
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| Blossom among my leeks and spring onions |
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| Crystal with a Gladioli |
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| Swan Plants which are now just sticks! |
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| My herb-walk path to the chicken area. |
There have been some very hot days, calling for a visit to the local river for a cooling swim.
We are easing back into "schooling".
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| White carnations in food colouring - science of plants taking up water. |
Another colour science activity was "walking water". Watching water drawn up the paper tissue and down into the empty cup.
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| Before - 4 cups half full in primary colours, 3 empty cups. |
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| After - 7 cups equally full in the rainbow colours. |
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| Crystal wanted to dry out the paper tissues to see how they looked. |
A bit of fun mixing the coloured water.
Painting rocks.
Lego card building challenge. This was Arrow's efforts.
Butterfly made her own "backstage" dresser with plastic cups and Christmas lights.
~Lorna
