{Sleep Overs}

Another busy day here, with children off doing their own things. Chelsea has been reading - various things but Roman Mysteries being the main. Joseph has been writing a play, based around Tudor history from what I can gather at this early stage. Sounds intriguing anyway, and we all have parts apparently. Tiegan has been full of energy - singing and dancing her way through the day. She has also managed to write a story, illustrate it, and sit with Callum doing Hama-beading. All of them made a lovely victoria sponge cake this morning, which it has to be said was delicious. It looked good and tasted better ;o)

Once the school children had been released, we had another 2 join our clan. Together all of the children have played X-factor, been on the Playstation, trampolined to the point of exhaustion, planned a spooky party, and had a go at cardmaking using my stash. The new 2 are joining us for a sleep-over apparently, and have just come in armed with DVDs. Their mother came over here yesterday and raised a few questions about home-education. Apparently her children have been begging not to have to go to school, the girl in particular struggling to settle into her new school and already has had to tolerate a great deal of name calling and general nastiness. Home-education isn't something they have considered, nor indeed something they are *actually* considering, but she showed an interest and I did my best to answer her queries as best I could. She left with a promise of us talking more when more time is available to us both.