Hezekiah's friendly monster

Ruth made this "friendly monster" for Hezekiah.
He was so pleased with it and played with it for a couple of days before it fell apart.

Especially impressive as it stood on it's own.

Haiku poem about rain

Rain is pouring down.
Splashing, dripping, sopping wet.
Leaking, soggy boots.

3 course meal by Ruth

It was Ruth's turn to do her St John homework today and so she made us a 3 course dinner. Roast chicken and veggies got started early.
She was more creative than me and put apple and onion inside of the chidken.

While the oven was busy she got the table set and prepared the desert too.

She made salad for starters.
Some plates were a bit different to suit the different taste preferences (like with who likes or dislikes olives).


She took the chicken, carrots and celery out so that the potatoes could grill a bit.






And she cut the chicken and served it all herself too.

For desert she made a chocolate Zucchini bread. I took a few recipies on-line and came up with my own one. You can see the recipe here.
Rachel enjoyed this so much that she decided she wanted this for her birthday cake.

She also made some Date Balls (or Chocolate Fudge balls). I again saw a base recipe and adjusted it to suit our needs. The recipe is here.
These are a real success and Ruth has already had to make another batch. :-)

Thanks for the lovely meal Ruth. You did a great job.

Fun blocks

French knitting

Ruth got a lovely book from the correspondence school with loads of sewing and knitting ideas. I hunted out my old French knitting tool and she was so excited to get started.

She got so much done in just one day.

Elephant puppet

Ruth did such a good job sewing her elephant puppet last week. Today she stuck on all the bits and it looks great.

Water's skin

The girls got to see the "skin" on top of water today. First we filled the cup ever so slowly so that they could see how the water bulged over the top of the cup - held in place by the skin.

Then we even manged to get a needle to float on top of the skin. A steady hand is needed as the needle naturally wants to sink. Then we took a toothpick and put some dish washing liquid on it. As soon as the toot pick touched the water the skin was made too thin (from the dish washing liquid) and so the needle instantly sank.

Then the girls made their own submarine. When filled up with water this bottle sinks. But when air is put in it comes up to the surface.