Tuesday xx

This afternoon school started a "healthy eating" workshop for parents and the junior children to encourage ways to eat more healthily and  small changes that can be made to diets.  With the promise of cooking lessons, Anais asked if we could go and as she starts secondary school in September I thought it would be our last chance to do "school stuff" together.  Today though there was no cooking involved as it was an information session for the parents only, Anais was disappointed though I found it quite interesting.  Cooking lessons start next week but Anais is on a school trip then.

Roman carried a rather large twig home from school and then asked Mark if he had a sharp knife he could "borrow" to make a bow and arrow with it, so he could have a go at "artery" (archery!).  Of course we were not going to give him a knife so he proceeded to go into a moody and mooch around the house looking for idea's to make a homemade bow and arrow with!  Although we found it rather amusing to begin with Mark felt sorry for him and went to help him look and they came up with this... 

...the bow is made from a child size coat hanger with the string made out of wool that Anais plaited.  The arrow is made from a flag that they pulled the flag off so they could use the stick!  He was playing with this for most of the evening seeing how far he could "shoot" it  and I can't believe it does actually work!  The furthest he got it was from the sofa in the living room over table and through the french doors into the conservatory!  He took it to bed with him probably to make sure Anais didn't pinch it, I have instead for photos!  (Must put it back before he realise's it has gone!)

Anais has given her carousel model a second coat of paint.  There are still many small fiddly pieces to paint...