Settling in

We are all settling in to life with a puppy and are getting fitter for it! Two walks a day are tiring out both puppy and sam. He actually slept until 8am today, a record in our house! Miko seems to be adjusting to us but can be a bit standoffish. I think she would prefer to lie the garden on her own than cuddle us. From what I could see of her life at the breeders, the puppies were left to their own devices and spent lots of time going in and out to the back yard. We are working really hard to make her into a member of the family and I think she is responding. She spent ages today playing up in sam's room with us. She started puppy classes last night and she and sam had a ball. She made lots of friends and can now pretty much sit on command. Not bad for one evening. Sam was over the moon because not only did he get to help with the training but he also got to pet all the puppies in the class. He has now decided that he wants a house full of puppies and is going to save all his money to his end....HELP!!!

We have had lots of fun so far this week with art and history. We painted our own fresco (pics to follow). It was fun mixing the plaster and then seeing which type of paint worked best. The water paints were easier to use, so we did most of the painting with them. Sam chose the theme-it is a greek trimarine ship, off to do battle at troy. Don't you just love home education.

Today we braved the Boden Clearance sale at the local football ground-talk about a yummy mummy bun fight. Never have I seen women go so loopy at a sale and that includes nct nearly new sales. Women were filling basket after basket-the prices were good but they weren't that good. There was nothing at all left in sam's size and I couldn't even get near the women's clothes to have a good look. If I go next year I go early and I go alone.

We had a lovely day on saturday with M's parents. They came up to spend the day and we went to bradgate park. What a fantastic place!! Can't believe that it has taken us 6 months to get there. Lots of romantic ruins, deer and fantastic scenery. We will definately be going back there.