Real gifts

It was my birthday recently. And it is the first year that my children were truly excited for me, much more than me, to be honest. So they made me something:

The coins were Tim's complete earthly treasures currently. And somehow these little tokens meant more that the most expensive bottle of parfume.

And then their father added his own bit of magic:

My first warm bath in our own home. It's winter, it was beautiful!!

Field trip

One of the nice things about homeschooling is that it is very family geared. We recently had a field trip to a 5000 hectare farm. It was suppose to be Rashelle's but her brothers were welcome with and I think they had much more fun.

Here we are on a combine watching up to eight lines being harvested at the same time. Comparing it to at home where one cob is harvested at a time. Quite amazing!

Hope this gets Simon excited about school.