(Australia, December 6, 2015)
This year was a special St Nicholas: in addition to the traditional chocolates, Linnea got a new gaming computer (I thought it would be easier if she got it before Christmas, because setting it up during the holidays would have been complicated.) Xsenia got a small present too.
Xsenia’s new favorite game. We’ve had it for years, but only started playing it a few days ago.
Christmas treats sent by Oma Moni from Germany:
(Australia, December 5, 2015)
(Australia, December 11, 2015)
Xsenia and I played Story Cubes, and after a while she was just playing by herself, so I asked if I could film her. She said ok, and proceeded to make two reviews, Youtube style.
Tobias came home in the afternoon from a triathlon and we drove to Newport.
There was a market in the park by the beach, so we took a stroll around the stalls.
Then we took a walk in the nature reserve going to Bilgola beach.
Xsenia found a pretty butterfly (it was dead, unfortunately.)
We looked at the wild flowers, and tried to identify some birds with our new Field Guide to the Birds of Australia .
We saw this flower, read the plaque, and talked about it for a bit, wondering how this man died, and why they had put a plaque there.
There was a huge spider on that brown-orange rock, which we think was a huntsman spider, but we stayed far away just in case.
Today (Wednesday, November 25) we went to Wannabees with a few other homeschooling friends. The girls had a lot of fun.
(Australia, November 22, 2015)
I recently started learning how to draw and sketch, and I bought a small watercolour set. Xsenia wanted to try it out. I drew and she painted. She loved it and wanted to do it over and over again.
(Australia, November 15, 2015)
Linnea and I have been enjoying walks together lately. Today we walked to the rock platform, and climbed up a bit along the cliffs, because she wanted to show me a sort of niche commemorating a girl who died. We talked about that a bit, wondering how she died, why people had put stuff there, etc.
