Today we are having a very easy day - my excuse is that it is Dh's birthday!!  Happy birthday David!   We had Bible and a fiction book this morning, and I did some practical life-skills with Benj (shoe tying, many children learn it earlier but he wasn't ready at the "normal" age and then we kind of left it!).  Abby will do some sewing later.  Right now she and Samuel are in town buying some things for their dad's birthday.

All of the younger 3 children have been playing with KNex yesterday and today.  They have been working on wheeled objects - really working on balance which I think is a practical side of physics.

Last weekend Dh did some experiment in the garage with the two younger boys.  Here is a photo:

It had something to do with a battery, that's all I know.

I finished my poncho - all but the fringe.  I sewed the seams last night.  I'm a bit disappointed with how small the neck is, I suppose I should just lose more weight!  I hope to get the fringe on in the next few days, and I'll post a new photo of it then.  Here's how it is so far:

While sorting out my photos on Photobucket to post these here, I accidentally deleted another photo!  I'm not sure which it is so I am going to trawel through my posts here and a couple of other place to find out what's missing! How silly of me!

More news another time, there is a possibility of a big change for us but I'll write about it later.....