Back to normality?

Today has felt pretty much normal - well ok, as normal as a household of six oops I mean seven can feel.

There has been the usual hustle bustle of activity going on around the house today, and it's felt wonderful.  As much as I have thoroughly enjoyed being in the newborn baby bubble, I crave 'normality'.  I yearn for usual routines, for our usual home-ed lifestyle, for my usual family life - it's the life I love, the life I cherish, and I don't want to change it.

Taisia has slotted in to our family rather nicely.  She is a wonderfully content baby, loving her snuggles and is never happier than when she is cuddling up to someone.  She is tucked up on my chest blissfully asleep as I write this, it feels so special.  I can't help but keep stroking her back and kissing her head.  Today has given me an insight into how things will work around her, and I like what I have seen :)

Various activities have taken place throughout the day.  The boys have played on the Wii, and Callum has been on various websites.  Joseph has read a couple of history fact books and a book about penguins, whilst Tiegan has read part way through the Horrible Histories Gorgeous Georgians book.  Chelsea has almost completed a lapbook about Ancient Greece.

Both Chelsea and Joseph have decided to do a joint lapbook on Albert Einstein - they are actually working on that as I type here at 7.30pm - I love the fact that they don't see learning as something that happens between certain hours on certain days.

We have made a start on our conker people, so I would like to introduce...

Conker Cyclops:

and Conker Carol:

I have managed to sort out November's "Learn Something New Everyday" list - only 10 days late, but hey ho :) It's nice to know I have a back up for when the day seems to be progressing slowly or we are struggling to do *something*.

Chelsea worked through some of the Galore Park Maths workbook, whilst Tiegan completed some maths worksheets she had asked me to print off for her.  I do like self-motivated children, makes life so much easier!

This afternoon as a family we have baked our first batch of mince pies! Finally it seems (after many years of trying and failing) I seem to have fathomed out how to make edible pastry!

I think we will be making more very soon - this batch has practically vanished...

I'm putting my order in for more of the same tomorrow please dear family :)