Co-vid lockdown saw us enjoying the restfulness of the city and some of the littler things, such as quiet displays for Autumn.
As Irving was a little confused about our "home school" also turning into "home office" signs were placed on doors, so that he could work out if Dad and Willow (DD20) were free for a chat. Eventually he worked out their daily flow, and the signs became unnecessary.
Lockdown cooking with Irving- potato scones.
And some German biscuits known as railway tracks.
Me having some fun with decorating my coffee. :)
Robin Hood with the boys. Reading together is still one of my favourite family activities.
Working my way gradually through modern history.
Learning about Saints with Irving.
And Arden's rabbit.
Arden has moved onto doing more complex geometry this year, and Irving loves joining in.
Irving working on woven stars.
Arden's star.
Me working with Arden and Irving.
Arden's floral pattern.
Irving having some fun.
Looking at various polyhedrons and the 12 division of the circle.
24 division of a circle.
Preparations for a spiral.
Making progress on perspective.
Hexa-flexagon's thanks to Vi Hart.
And borromean rings also thanks to Vi Hart. (Irving made heaps of these, and then later moved onto paper chains.)
Arden finally finished knitting his socks, and since I was required to knit at his pace for this project;so did I. He was not a fan of knitting the whole way through (we kept having chats about he never needed to knit again if he dislike it, but this skill would enable him to fix his knitted clothes for the rest of his life) and finally after doing the whole thing quite slowly but very competently, he declared knitting was ok and knit a strawberry!
Arden's knitted and wet felted strawberry.
Socks finished for Irving.
Irving's knitting for bilby.
Arden and I started pattern grading these slippers for him- though progress has been a little slow.
Arden working on a bag for his harmonica- he did both machine and hand sewing for this projects.
And he was very pleased when I finally finished this blanket for him. :)
Hard waste find being re-newed.
Arden (and I) have been learning Latin using the Lingua Latina series. (We've also picked up "The Gruffalo" in Latin and Harry Potter- though we're a way off reading them yet! :D)
Celebrating winter solstice with a fire, sunrise and damper baked in the ashes.
Our Kodaly music teacher suggested this book- so with the help of Willow, who studied at WAAPA (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts) Irving, Arden and I are working through this. Both boys have been self-teaching piano with the help of youtube, and this is give some extra structure to their progress.
Finally just because in lockdown all these little moments in nature were so appreciated. Walking past the bird sanctuary at Alfred Cove at sunset.
