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Been a busy few days. Nathan wanted to do lots of Maths work so he did lots yesterday plus work on Navvies building canals. Today was Art. He made a birthday card for his cousin. He did lots of cutting out which is something he struggles with but he took his time and his card looked lovely when finished! Afterwards he learned how to make a photo collage using picassa. He got carried away and made three lol! He read more of his Star Wars book and then i read some more of a book we started yesterday..."the boy in the dress" - David Walliams. Had us both laughing at a shopkeeper called Raj (very persistant lol).

Had to take a snap when a barge came!

Swans are beautiful.

A duck from todays walk

and more!!!

All in the garden this weekend. Kids he plays with in the neighbourhood.

Nathan has never had a successful trouble free visit with his cousin until this week. They played lovely in the garden and he kept in control even when his ball popped! I'm convinced that its all down to home schooling. He is much much happier.

A very big deal here...Nathan can now use the climbing frame! Monkey bars are going to take time but climbing yes!!! Hooray for my boy!

This is when he made pizza last week...was very nice but he refused to eat it!

Canal Walk

Another lovely day here so thought we'd learn about our own home town industry connections.
We walked a very long length of the Leeds Liverpool canal. Took photos to follow soon.
Taught him about the markings on the tunnels that the stone masons left to personalise their handy work. Talked about all the old cotton mills and chimneys. The moorings and slopes in the canal where the shire horses that fell in were coaxed out again. Was interesting to the both of us. We fed the ducks and swans. Spotted blue dragonflies and even saw a yucky rat lol!!! We will be following up todays work tomorrow but can honestly say that it was one of the most productive days thus far! We are both loving this.