Sunday, August 05, 2007

Painting windows?

It’s rained quite heavily this afternoon. We’ve had bursts of rain during the day, otherwise it’s been sunny and very pleasant. We spent the day at home – Nick didn’t have a band practice today, which he should have had, but Tammy had to cancel. I think he misses the practices, but is always pleased for the extra time at home on a Saturday. He started yesterday with the painting of window frames and lintels – the outer edge is a dark green, and the inner panes are white (not the glass). The lintels have been freshly varnished, and today Nick also varnished all the wooden beams supporting the roof over the back porch. The workshop door is also green now. It’s looking really great! Good News Club this morning was nice, with a good number of kids – 24, I think. They seem to be enjoying the games, as we give them such a variety to choose from. Table tennis and fingerboard are the favourites with the girls, while the boys will play cricket or football in the yard.

Yesterday morning the boys asked if we could do school backwards, so we started with the read-aloud and their reading, then the science experiment, then tenzees, followed by Maths, and finally, their writing. I didn’t mind doing it for a change, but I think it’s actually better to stick to the way we normally do it, as they are freshest for the horrible part (writing practice). The science experiment involved a range of kitchen supplies. It was all about making fizz – first we dropped raisins into 7-UP and watched as they rose and fell. Then we mixed bicarb and vinegar, to watch it froth over. To end, we made sherbet with bicarb, citric acid and icing sugar. That was fun!

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