So a great deal is happening as usual. Our pup is really growing, he's a big chap already and still has a way to go. He looks very wolf like but is extremely gentle and seems to be losing his baby teeth at a rate of one per day. Our dear friend Carol came over to chat about what we were doing with him at my request, just to reassure me it was all going well for the new addition. It was good to talk to another dog lover and run through a few things, catch up generally. All is good and pup is doing well, gaining confidence and relaxed.
The boys sat and listened to everything Carol had to say! Owen is particularly interested in all things dog and likes to learn new ways of interacting with them. He is a big dog lover like his father already.
Here is a picture he took of Shadow.
I am gradually working into a new flexible routine with the children. I have to be pretty firm about meal times and medicine taking. Issues arise if meals are skipped, tempers fray and medicine is currently very important due to their respiratory complications. Saying that they are doing so much better on that score I am hopeful the problem will resolve it's self at some point. Both boys are growing rapidly at the moment, trousers suddenly too short, so am having to sort clothing etc.
Once again this week I am reminded about how the smallest change can throw things for the children. Blokey had to have an overnight stay in hospital this week. Just him not being here in the morning threw the children of kilter. It was hard keeping a lid on their anxiety, plus I am going in myself for a day proceedure this week too. It took quite a bit of careful management to get things settled and keep everything calm.
In the afternoon we read this
The boys also managed to achieve another belt in jujitsu. They found the venue and different people difficult to deal with , also the photos afterwards caused Sam some major wobbles but we all felt very proud of their achievements .
S finds seasons very hard to fathom so we have to do a lot of reinforcement with stories and prompts about the house . It was time to change our Autumn displays over to Winter ones. We used wax resist and paint to create Winter themes and the boys worked out a mnemonic for Winter.
After consulting our Seasons chart we marked off the things we have observed over the last month.
We were missing the Candlesnuff fungus, so the boys asked if we could go and look for some in the fields.
Off we went, with Shadow in tow.
Sadly we couldn't find any but we had great fun breaking up fallen branches with our jujitsu moves and Kung fu chicken noises...hiiiiiiiyaaaaaaa!
Managed to fill a huge bag with kindling for our fire. The boys commented on how it was like the big storm in Percy's Park, blowing all the branches down. We found a large beefsteak fungi, that had succumbed to the recent wind, but it was too far gone to eat.
The children were also excited to find the remains of a huge rocket amongst the fallen branches, especially as it had travelled at least 3 fields.
Back home for hot black currant, we lit the fire and settled down for Spongebob.
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