I don't understand why, as adults, it is so hard for people to get their heads around us not sitting down to scheduled formal learning. Our children are not at school for a reason. Well, many actually. But the pressure of expectations is definitely one of them. Formal learning scenarios imply an expectation. An expectation where … Continue reading What do you mean you don’t do formal learning?
I bet you can't guess what we did today... oh yes... that's right. Another day in the garden. But today, patience and tolerance of being exposed to the "what's going to be... once the work is done" was too much for the children. It was awful. I mean, with attachment issues, change is never easy, … Continue reading 30 Days Wild – Day 10
A bit late in posting this, but yes... you guessed it... another day in the garden for us. Seems to be our life at the moment. But we were spotting bugs as we went - this one was a favourite, as the children absolutely loved the colours. We did try and identify and it appears … Continue reading 30 Days Wild – Day 9
Well it's been a long day... I didn't manage to get a photo of the 30 Days Wild activities in action... yes like most days at the moment we have been working in the garden. Desperately clearing the ground to try and ready it for the children's play area section. I'm ignoring the end 10 foot … Continue reading 30 Days Wild – Day 8
So... Ummmmmm.... Yeah.... Day 7. We enjoyed some time outdoors... We laughed and we tried to kill eachother... We had a go at the Da Vinci bridge. Turns out it's quite difficult, especially with a child that is incapable of understanding instructions I mean quite literally can't take them in), and one that is but … Continue reading 30 Days Wild – Day 7
Today we built a bee home, we didn't put it up yet, but we definitely built it. We were given it by one of the grandparents who'd been given it free with something ages ago, and just hadn't got a clue where we could put it (being in rentals, and not being able to make … Continue reading 30 Days Wild – Day 6
Well. 2 years of fighting. Lots of energy wasted on professionals sending us around in loops. Lots of damage added by not having the correct support in place and we finally got funding approved. Intervention offered: Intensive family therapy. It was approved at the end of February, we had the whole course of therapy approved … Continue reading Adoption Support Fund and Therapy
I know it's over with, but as I say, I am trying to catch up with what we've been up to. So this year, I felt that I should mention Mother's Day. In previous year mentioning it would have been only to moan about how much I do and how it's just one day out … Continue reading A Mother’s Day out…
There have been many discussions about how babies are made, but this was not one of those situations. This was a situation where the children were feeling a bit upset by the fact they don't really know anything about them as babies - which is completely understandable. We have got some information about the date … Continue reading Making Babies: not what you think
So today, I don't really have a photo of what we got up to... because no one wants a photo of my muddy feet... We spent some time with our feet in mud, feeling connected. However, I can say that we also bought and built a climbing dome, which is going to not only be … Continue reading 30 Days Wild: Day 5
A Pleasant Chaos 