Autumn living

 It has been a very windy and rainy few days here and so we have played indoors mostly, playing with toys that have been forgotten about for a while. These beautiful tree blocks had been put away in a box underneath a pile of other box's but when we discovered them again, there was much joy and imagination play. I was so sorry we hadn't used them for so long but then realised maybe that is what made them even more wonderful, like a new toy :)

 Such a marvelous tree house was created for all the animals, from owls to lions.

 Our Autumn nature 'shelf' is slowly coming into place.

 Charlie is so very proud of his latest project. His favourite animal is the wolf, he has always loved these wonderful, magical creatures and so it was a real adventure for him to discover all about their lives and habitat. As you can see from the photo Charlie drew a lovely picture of a wolf for the front cover.

Lots of pages containing gorgeous cut out pictures of wolves. It was quite interesting to see that Charlie liked the 'fantasy' type pictures best and wanted to print off many of these not just for the project but to stick on his bedroom wall!

Circle Time

 This is our circle time basket, we have little squirrels and foxes in here and sing songs to wake them up, normally 'squirrel nutkin'. Then Mother Earth wakes and we sing to thank her for all she gives us. We are getting in a nice routine now and if we have an early appointment and have to be out of the house quickly Charlie misses the familiarity of circle time. I did wonder, at the beginning if circle time would actually work with just two of us but yes it does work , very well :).

Hmmm..All ready for circle time joined by the dog and cat!!

 We play lots of games at our house, so its a good job I actually enjoy games as it generally consists of two players, me and charlie lol. We love this game, its Animal Animal by Haba, such good fun.

 Good old Jenga, Charlie is really tactical with this and is really very good!

 Oh and of course, one of the best games of all is playing in an enormous cardboard box :)

Part of our weekly routine is cleaning out the guinea pigs, I always try and get Charlie involved as after all, they are his pets but he struggles with the actual shovelling of dirty bedding bit, he has a very strong gag reflex and cant cope with unpleasant smells. Charlie has many little quirks but this all adds up to make our beautiful boy just who he is...gorgeous.

Things that made me smile

 Gorgeous hand made crafts from a wonderful mama came to our house this week. thank you Sarah.

 Exciting things from Myriad. Lyra watercolour pencils, stockmar crayons and lovely main lesson books, I have to admit that I was far more excited than Charlie, I just adore new arty materials, I cant wait to start using them.

Oh and just because I LOVE stripes, some socks to warm my feet this Autumn. Whats the betting that I misplace the odd sock and end up wearing odd stripes...Oh well, it adds to my sometimes unusual/hippy dress sense that does make me stand out a little where we live lol.

books

These are the non fiction books books I am reading at the moment. I have to say that I am really enjoying both of them.

 We love this beautiful book, it's so Autumny and sweet.

 Ahh, ok, this has to be one of my very favourite childrens books ever, the illustrations are just gorgeous. This is just a lovely book to have.

Elsa Beskow books are just..well..beautiful.

This is my escape from reality book :)

And this is a gorgeous, soul lifting read.

Charlie drawing an ammonite.

Ammonite drawing

We discovered a fab quirky little museum whilst playing at a park, it is the Rossendale Museum. Charlie was so happy when he came accross an ammonite in the floor, he then had to draw it.