September is here.

Sam watching a storm, doing sit ups and maths...the supreme multitasker.

We talked about weather and marvelled at a double rainbow.

Sam doing speed writing to my dictation.

Some maths for both boys. Roman numerals.

Order of operations.

Owen did some speed writing ..but he wasn't happy with his first attempt and asked to do more.

Owen cleaned his giant snail and fed it.

Sam and I did a 10km walk and spotted signs of Autumn.

Our old girl has an infection and after a check up we made a decision to operate.

She was very poorly when she came home.

Us waiting for the vet to call, so we could collect her...it was a long day.

The operation really knocked the stuffing out of her.

After 24 hrs she walked again but was cold, so we improvised a hoodie for her.

Two days later she had perked up considerably. PHEW

We visited Sam's consultant for his regular check up. After the drive down, we let the boys stretch their legs at the park before going to the hospital.

The sun came out for us.

Sam was excited at seeing his favourite professional.

We had time to visit the Glass house too.

The children burned for the camera.

Little monkeys ...

We found the queen bee and read about the life cycle of the resident bees. This is something the children are always interested in.

And spotted an interesting moth..

Sam's consultation went well. His consultant is always awesome and helpful. We were once again delighted with the revised treatment plan.

On the way home we stopped at one of our fav pubs for our evening meal.

The next day I got up at sunrise for a run.

Then we played scrabble.

Learnt about Marie Curie and discussed the pros and cons of her discoveries/work.

I thought it maybe useful to put up a picture of our whiteboard ..it helps everyone ( especially me) stay focused and have ideas and suggestions when we get stumped or bored.

There was more scrabble.

Many books were read. Sam studied his coins and reference books. Owen researched his interests and played with his home ed friends online. There was time at the park, some animation and life skills.

Last day of the summer hols.

We have magical pumpkins. . Makes magical Angel noises..*wahhhhhhh*.

The just appeared in the garden ( I suspect from our composted Halloween pumpkins of last year).

We went walking and spotted lots of snails.

The wordsearch book made an appearance.

As did the colouring books.

Owen enjoyed colouring and let me take a photo! I then used this one for his new Ju jitsu licence.

We found some old photos, which made me coo and then boys laugh in horror.

And updated our Piggle diary.

There was ju jitsu in the evening.

An early morning run before Dad went to work. Sam proudly showing off his new running kit..which he extolled the virtues of for a whoever 4km 😑😉😂

Sam wanted to test how many words he knew and found this online test.

Lthey did some more word searches.

Dick and Dom Charles Darwin went down well.

Then Owen did some animation.

More dog watching.

Sam worked on an animation and he's getting much faster at it now.

Owen worked ( alone!) on his maths.

And enjoyed some mystery science lessons:

Meanwhile...

Sam studies the day's activities and thinks about what he wants to do.

Both boys have been helping out with chores and life skills more this week. It's something they have both asked to be more involved with ( I am skeptical about how long their enthusiasm will last). 

I went for a long run before Blokey left for work. The boys read their current favourite books.

Then took the boys swimming at a new place. It worked out really well, apart from the massive row in the back of the car in the way home. Later they both played separately at their own interests and Sam played outside when his friends got back from school. Owen is playing online with another home ed friend in some team games. He's not finding outside socialising easy right now.

We go into town the next day and do some mooching round the shops. Then chill out at home. The boys play with their friends and Blokey and I read.

Am other long walk with Sam whilst Blokey and Owen go off in search of a new tank for Orel the giant snail. Sadly everywhere seems sold out.