Battered and bruised but smiling.

We had a great bank holiday weekend but we all have battle scars! I was attacked by bookshelf and hurt my little toe again, M hugged a paving stone a little too tightly and Rogue decided to nibble on him. Sam was sick in the middle of the night thanks to scoffing too many sausage rolls before dinner. In all seriousness it was nice spending the weekend at my in laws and M was able to help his dad lay the new patio. Sam, the dogs and I weren't so much help but at least we didn't walk on the wet cement! Sam enjoyed spending time with his grandparents and took great delight in singing happy birthday to my fil at every possible opportunity-well it was his birthday afterall. Thank you Nana and Grandad for a fanastic weekend!!!!

We had a good start to the week today-we managed to get orlando a new tank for free. On our walk this morning we noticed someone had put a sign in their window advertising a glass snake tank that they were giving away for free. We called them when we got home and picked it up shortly thereafter. It is a lovely big tank, just right for our growing young snake. We were going to buy him a new one but have now won't need to. Maybe it is a cosmic payback for all the things I have given away on freecycle.

Schoolwise we have almost finished up Science 2, I am trying to get it done in the next week so that we can start all of our new subjects at the same time. I indulged in lots of books from amazon to go with story of the world v.2 and am itching to get started. We wil be doing from the fall of the roman empire down through the middle ages. On a positive note, he is a bit more enthusiastic about math now we have had a long break so hopefully that bodes well for the next few months. He is actually excited about all the children going back to school as it means all of his activites start again. We are going to have a busy week with tennis, swimming, beavers, home ed gym class and french and not forgetting warhammer sessions on sundays! Sam should be very fit by the end of term but I will probably be worn out with all the driving.