One mad week was had last week and I'm going to try, quickly, to recap some of it! Monday was spent at the home ed group. The older science group worked on making paper rafts and made a reasonable amount of wet mess seeing how much of a load each type of paper could carry before it sank. The instructions stated that 30 marbles per group would be enough. I'm not sure if our kids made super strong boats but 30 was nowhere near enough and we ended up improvising using pencils and by the end anything else they could find!

'M' made some very pretty colourful crafts.

When they swapped the boys worked in a group on their stop animation. Not a bad result for the first attempt and I have now been instructed to buy the kit so they can have a go at it themselves. The younger group went bug hunting.

The afternoon was spent at the new hall, having a bit of a coffee afternoon. Despite forgetting my purse and having to go back home before picking the keys up we still got there in time. All of the kids and adults seem to have had a nice time. There was lots of crafts and toys to play with while parents chatted about ideas for new groups and current ones to join in with.

A pretty tiring full on day after which I had to make a start on 'M's birthday cake.

Tuesday was a bit more of a laid back day, we went to the park with friends for the afternoon.

Wednesday was 'M's birthday and we really packed in the birthday treats! She had been mega excited for days about it. Pressies followed by a trip out to the blue reef aquarium in Southsea, we then went on to have lunch at the Harvester and bought a few toys in Toys R Us. Back home to get ready for family and a couple of friends to come around for a last minute cupcake party.

Thursday was taken up with a home ed trip to Marwell, we managed to see all the Rhinos together that we had previously hunted out while they were scattered around Southampton over the summer and a few animals too!

Then off we went for a long weekend away to Wales visiting family and generally chilling out. Really needed the break and for a change feel more relaxed having been away. Normally a holiday involves me planning every day out as we like to visit museums etc. We literally threw everything we needed in the car and went, which made a nice change.

Now back on with the usual tasks, luckily enough a bit of a quieter week to come.