Today Captain and I had a girls’ day at home, while Buttons
was visiting his mom and Hubby was at work.
Miraculously there was still snow on the ground today, so we
had to take advantage of this and head outdoors for some cold fun. We built a
snow cat and his icy mouse friend, and as soon as they were judged to be good,
Captain destroyed them with great big karate kicks and chops. She made some
snow angels, while giggling loudly, and experimented by dropping snow into
puddles and watching it turn “really dirty”. Then I was chased around, while
being threatened with enormous snowballs. Hunger eventually drove us back
indoors, where we warmed up by the stove before cooking a very filling prawn
stir fry.
We continued the wintery theme by reading some of the
seasonal picture books I picked up from the library last week. Lucy M George’s
retelling of The Snow Queen caused fierce feelings of dislike in Captain. She
was actually shouting at the picture of the “naughty queen”. But the definite snuggle
time favourite is Harriet Ziefert’s Snow Party, with gorgeous illustrations by
Mark Jones. The story of snowmen setting up a big party is so full of details
and life, we have had to read it several times over the last few days. Captain
even looks at it by herself and retells the story, inspired by the busy snow
men, women and children. If you read it, look for the chef serving up snow
dishes. This always features in Captain’s version.
We made crafts, had snacks, watched cartoons all snuggled up
and just enjoyed having fun. We also set up a little band, with me on ukulele
and Captain on cajon and a Tanzanian instrument her uncle gave us. Our version
of Three Little Birds is certainly something else…
Homeschool snow days are great!
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