Unexpectedly home

No, not Ady walking in on something he shouldn’t have, just us being home for the day when it wasn’t our plan. Both children ended up in bed with me this morning but it was so hot we were all up just after 8am. We had been planning to go to Paradise Park with Tasha and co but Toby wasn’t well and neither were either of my two really, both running temperatures and feeling generally floppy.

First thing I nipped round the shop to buy multiple copies of the local paper featuring them on page 5 with their litter picking endeavours. It doesn’t appear to be online yet although I’m guessing it will be at some point so I’ll link to it then. It’s all formed as quotes from me, which is good but not really what I was hoping for as it was very much their project rather than mine. I’d also asked if she could be sure to mention that they are Home Educated and she hasn’t which is a shame although they are both wearing their HE tshirts so that might help! The kids are very proud of it and Davies even asked if I thought they’d be on Newsround when it was on later today 😆 – first steps the local rag, tomorrow Sky news eh?! 😆

Davies spent some time under a blanket on the sofa playing his DS, while Scarlett painted my toes. She wanted to move into body art so I got out the henna we had from When Good Kessinglands Go Bad and we did some stuff with that. Scarlett wanted a cat on one arm so I did that for her then she wanted something on the other arm but didn’t know what. I suggested we do the hyroglyphics of her name from the museum the other day which she liked the idea of so I did that down her other arm.

We watched some Ray Mears and messed about reseaching jumbo jets to buy. We did genuinely talk about various jumbo jet related things too and all liked the house planned to be made from one.

In interspersed all this with some mindless facebook games but I notice several other people were doing the same under the guise of being Home Educators or even people with proper paid employment so I don’t feel too bad ;).

Ady popped home for lunch in time to pull faces at Scarlett henna-ing my feet and lower legs with an assortment of flowers, bees and butterflies (her body art of choice). It does now look like I have an odd disease or nicotine stained ankles but she is very into decorating me at the moment and I’m quite happy to sit still and be primped and preened :). I may yet draw the line if she starts to consider piercings though 😆

Scarlett has spent quite a lot of time tending to the new chicks too – we have seven and they are very cute. Several have gorgeous markings and it is easily our most successful hatch ever. I’m hoping for at least a couple of hens in there…

Lunch was a bit hit and miss for the rest of us as neither of the children were hungry really today. In the end Scarlett and I went to do some baking and made some cheese scones and some lavender flapjacks (her suggestion) which came out really well :). Davies watched some CBBC and Scarlett spent some time pasting glue onto my arm and leg and then waiting for it to dry so she could peel it off. Oh and I put some henna on my hair and washed it off to show the children the effect of it. It’s rather more orange than usual but Ady didn’t notice so clearly not too shocking! 😉

Davies asked me to read to them so I read some Charlie Small and we all curled up together which was nice (if a little sticky) and watched the flying ants and subsequent seagulls filling the skies. Ady came home and I nipped off to Brighton to collect two drums and a cymbal via a convoluted contact of Michelle’s that we’ve bought for Davies. I was back within the hour before they’d even had their bath so we all had a play on the drums, they bathed and I read some Giants and Joneses for a bedtime story before they went to bed.

Both Davies and Scarlett seem better for a day at home being fairly quiet so I am hopeful more of the same tomorrow will have them ready for holiday on Saturday.