Cooking with Gran

My Mom came to watch the kids so that I could get some work done. She decided to include them in one of her favourite activities - cooking!

I stayed upstairs, only coming downstairs to take pictures and sample the goodies.


They started with cheese scones for lunch





Once the scones were in the oven, the kids started on pasta making.







Once the pasta was resting they made lunch.


Lunch eaten, onto the tomato sauce...


and making the stuffing for the ravioli - smoked salmon and cream cheese.

Yay! pasta machine!

roasted tomatoes




putting the ravioli together.
making spaghetti
a well deserved tea break. The older two were made tea too but were too busy with the pasta machine.

completed (uncooked) ravioli. They may not look pretty but they tasted divine!
Raw spaghetti.
They learnt so much in one day. Thanks Mom x

Nature walk

We started the week with sun! We decided to make the most of it with a nature walk around a local reservoir. It was still very low which we found surprising given the amount of rain that we have had recently.
We all climbed down the rocks to get closer to the water.

Throwing stones...of course!

The water below them was very shallow.

Off for our walk. The boys would have stayed for longer but the girls were ready to move on.
We were on the lookout for signs of Autumn, including fungi!


Boo found tiny holes in the trunks that she was investigating.

Acorns!


We had a look at the different types of trees growing along the path, we were investigating the difference in their bark.


Boo having fun swinging on a branch and yes, it did eventually snap and she ended up on her bottom :o)


tree hugging :o)
a muscle shell!
Look at our autumnal treasures!

IKEA

I know that it might seem strange to put up pictures of our trip to IKEA but my kids love it here. It is such a great learning environment.
The kids all run through 'owning' different rooms and inviting everyone over.
Kiki threw a dinner party but only served coffee :o)
The others zoomed in and out of the rooms so quickly that it was hard to get pics of them






Using the scanner to look at prices. We decided to use the visit as a maths lesson. The kids had £100 of fictional money to spend...
Boo writing down her shopping list.

Gran bought them all little notepads to write down their ideas.

I love IKEA, it is probably a good thing that they are so far away.