Thoroughly Nice Day

Well, so far, anyway.

Got all the stock cleared out of Emily's "work" room this morning bright and early. It's actually a large square landing type area at the top of the front stairs, but for years it's doubled as both a playroom and a stock room. Means that when we're in "work" mode HE-wise we have to shift a load of boxes out every morning and back in every evening, but hey, it's exercise.

Emily settled down to some more Tudor work, and looked at the reasons behind Elizabeth I's execution of Mary Queen of Scots. Then she completed little cards for each of Henry's wives, with a portait of each and facts about them. Think that definitely wraps up the work part of this Tudor project now. It's been going on for months!! The problem with the project approach to HE, for us at least, is that once something captures Emily's interest, there seems no end to it. So far this year we've done three projects - Cats, Ancient Egypt and now Tudors. And sort-of Sea Life in Autumn last year when we first started, but not the extent of the other three. We do a lot of other non-project related bits and bobs, but we're never organised enough to go for the sort of 'one week mini project' idea. Personally I'd love to, but it takes us that long to get a handle on what we're doing, lol. If it bores Emily she'd never stand for a week of it anyway, and if it interests her a week is never long enough. Think we'll definitely try and make the next one slightly shorter than 3 months, though....!

Mind you, she has kind of been doing a mini cakes project all on her own this last couple of days, as she's been busy writing fact cards about different types of cakes (fruit, chocolate, wedding, fairy etc) and drawing them. Emily and Jon were going to have a mammoth baking session this afternoon, except that we're woefully short of ingredients! Instead they've spent ages playing in the garden, doing charcoal pictures with charcoal left over from the barbecue, and filling the bubble machine with food colouring to make red bubbles. Emily's also rediscovered her bike, and has spent a long time cycling round stopping to pick herbs, flowers and bits for yet more grinding and potion-making. Her bike's actually much too small for her now. Wonder if we can bribe her to get the stabilisers off if we promise a brand new shiny one for when she learns?