A Stupid Chook???

Well, since my last poultry posting, we have returned all three roosters to their farm and aquired 3, what we supose are, hens.

It took them a little while for the ladies to seetle into their new abode, but have been very good and happy chooks...thus far (yet remaining eggless),

However one in particular seems a bit, well for want of a better word...stupid.

A few things I have learned in the last day or two about chooks

Lesson One: Never underestimate how smaller space a chook can escape from if driven to do so.

Lesson Two: Never underestimate how the other chooks like to follow the 'stupid' chook through this small space.

Lesson Three: Having once found this "very small space", chooks seem to not forget about it too quickly.

Lesson Four: Stupid Chook like to roost in the neighbours poplar.

Lesson Five: All three chooks seems to like neighbours poplar also.

Lesson Six: Clip a chooks wings and they can't fly so well.

Lesson Seven: ...Lets hope Lesson seven isn't about how a chooks really needs it's wings to escape from a fox.

Keep You Posted!!!

P.S. upon further thought, maybe it is not the chook which is stupid...

Nature Study Journals

I have been meaning to make these felt pouches for ages for the boys to cart around their nature study journals and pencils. They were a bit of a practice run, so will probably re doe them at some point. For now, they love em though, so happy to leave them at that.

Mushroom Water Colour

This is Josh's beautiful creation.

The photo he took himself and his wonderful interpretation done in water colours.

He has created this for his Great Granny who is turning 90 soon.

Josh you are ace

Maths

Josh, hard at his Maths (Math U See). It's a great program so far. He has just started at his next level, well done Josh.

Noah has just begun his first program with his maths (as has Eli), they all seem to really enjoy it, and thankfully maths doesn't seem to be something they have to much difficultly with!

Proud of all my boys and their hard work.

Well Done xxoo

Bandana Bibs

Thank You Aunty Janine for these awesome bandanna bibs you made for Charlie.

Very cute, I love em.

Embroidered Felt Booties for Charlie

These are my third attempt at booties for Charlie, the first ones I liked but they didn't fit him, the second were good and wears all the time. These are made from wool felt and hand embroidered (very randomly and not very expertly mind you). I Think they are very cute and can't wait for him to wear them. Might yet add a ribbon as I had to with the second pair to help keep them on. Cute shoes for my cute baby

xxoo

Aunty Janine's 25th August 2009

I have to say that the only thing I like less than wind, is cold wind and the only thing I less than cold wind, is cold wind that has been blowing uninterrupted for weeks on end. Despite the flaws in the weather (and the occasional meltdown) we had a lovely visit with Janine and Charlotte.

Firstly we had fun looking in a cloths shop with the kids, and by fun I mean, not fun at all. But the boys all got some new cloths they were in desperate need of. Josh got some great jeans, Noah, Eli and Charlotte some new tops and Charlie a new little outfit.

After that we headed to the skate park for a spin on the scooters and to annoy the local boys who were also trying to make use of the skate park. Where credit is due, they were very patient and polite and thankfully everyone involved remained uninjured (except Noah, but today even his band aid hurt, poor Noah).

From there we relocated to the Adventure Play Ground in Eltham for a play. The kids had a really nice time playing mums and dads, sliding, swings, flying on the flying fox, pouting because they were too short for the flying fox and eating hot chips.

At home they were being very cute reading in bed together and playing dress ups. These darling little sprites just have the most wonderful time playing together, this being their life's work right now they are hard it and are very successful at being perfectly wonderful children.

* It was all a bit too much for Charlie, who fell asleep during the disco.

Charlie @ 3 Months

My beautiful little boy is 3 months old

He is such a delight every minute of every day

I am the luckiest Mummy in the whole wide world

Sunday, Sewingday, New Pants and Skirt day

I haven't had a sewing day like this for ages. I finished a wrap skirt (not pictured) that has been awaiting completion for about 6 months now, I'd originally made it for summer, so now it's ready ready for the next summer. I'd bought this fabric (pictured) for a winter skirt and began to fear it would become nothing more than a relic in my fabric box, but the going was good and I was feeling inspired, so I dug out a trusty old simple A-line skirt pattern and set to work. After a few miscalculations and failures to fit it correctly, this is what I came up with. The tie I saw lying on the floor from when the boy had been playing "knights" (ties are used for many a dress up in our house, very much a multi-use item), I thought "Hey that kinda goes", and having made Tie Shorts in the past I reckoned I'd give it a whirl. I kinda like it.

My big blister Janine had given me this cowboy fabric ages ago because I was wanting to make Eli a pair of pants, again they have been sitting around cut, but un-sewn for about six months. I was so glad to finish them and He just loves them. I just hope he can keep the knees in tact for another two weeks so he can wear them to Granny's 90th birthday party...feeling hopeful.

Eli, the man of many "spunky trunks".

Felting

Our friends came to visit today to venture into the land of felting. Noah was the only one interested (sunny outdoors was calling the others)

Noah designed a beautiful piece, but as felting tends to take quite some time, it remains unfinished. End result yet to be seen.

Our Felting space

Noah's felting hands

I will post photos of the finished product when it arrises.

Sunday Archery

A cold but beautiful day out in the sunshine, we did get Danny to come after all, it was great. Eli got 5 Bulls eyes, unbelievable!!!

Charlie kicking back on a Sunday afternoon

Charlie just soaking it all in and enjoying some winter sunshine.

Wintery Day

On a perfectly cold and wintery August day, the boys and I set out to join our fellow homeschooling journiers to enjoy nature, gain bush tucker knowledge and have fun with friends.

Charlie slept in his little mummy cocoon (keeping me very warm, thank you Charlie), Noah & Eli ran, climbed and played their way around the bush. Josh rekindled his passion for nature and photography, discovering there is so much to find when you look with truly open eyes.

Fantastic photos Josh took of mushrooms and other plants at Main Ridge today:

We had all the information we needed on hand of native plants as our lovely friend Kylie is all things indigenous plants!!! Josh's own personal reference book. Thanks Kylie, can't wait for our next walk.

After our walk we popped down to Flinders for a coffee (which I somehow managed not to have thanks to Charlie soiling himself to degrees I don't think anyone wants to hear about. Lets just say if they were awarding prizes for pooing on your shoulders, Charlie would have won hands down!!!) and a play at the park. It was a lovely way to finish off a lovely day. Don't you just love it when your day just works!!!

Thank You to Josh for all of these wonderful photos, you are doing amazing things!!!

Archery

3D Archery is something Josh and I started up doing a couple of years ago and have been doing on and off ever since. Noah and Eli joined us last year. This year Charlie became the youngest member of the "Mornington Peninsula Bowman's" and received his first bow the other week. Go Charlie!!!

The boys are very good and Eli especially has the uncanny ability of hitting the target very accurately. And yes, you may notice there are no photos of me hitting the target, and that's because I am just plain bad at it.
3D archery is basically a mock up of hunting, you walk around a set course through the bush shooting at rubber animals (usual pigs, bears and the occasional turkey, oh and rabbits lots of rabbits). Now you may think that shooting an animal would become remarkably easier when it is stationary, made of rubber and you are only 20 M away from it with no time limit in which to shoot, but apparently this still requires skills I have yet to obtain.

We are hoping to get back into it once again, now that Charlie is getting easier to cart around the place. Maybe we can even get Danny down at the club for a shoot one day!