When it comes to Adventures and Fun, we've had that in abundance with our misadventure back in April and May in Coober Pedy and Adelaide.
This year our favourite books have been "A Place To Hang The Moon" and also "The Age Of Knights & Friars, Popes & Reformers (AD 1000-1517)
AD 2020 Tiger graduated from our school. AD 2021 saw Tiger attend Charles Sturt University to complete studies for first year Bachelor of Physiotherapy. He has applied to medical programs at universities in NSW and we await the results of those interviews in January.
Tank has worked hard on the regeneration of the dam area, making it greener so that it is nicer to swim in. This year he also worked with his Dad to make a skiff to play on the dam with. He would love to acquire a canoe or kayak someday that we can take down to the river.
Currently Tiger is working long hours at GrainFlow Silos in Oaklands. He's either on the tarp team repairing the tarps over the bunkers of grain or in charge of the E1 silo system.
He continues to urge our school on in making videos, and other fun performances.
Tiger has joined the NSW Rural Fire Service, and is having his final assessment very soon.
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| Our school photo with Panda, our mascot who goes away with whoever is going away and has adventures with them. |
The Princess started AD 2021 not knowing where she wanted to head in the future, then in one afternoon walk we talked about her joy in sewing...and within two weeks she was enrolled in TAFE in a Certificate III in Fashion Design and Technology. This has certainly upped her game in all things sewing. This will help her gain entry to university, it she so desires to go.
Whilst in Coober Pedy, to keep her hands busy, we found some fabric in the op-shop there and she hand-sewed a medieval kirtle.
She is currently working towards Grade 8 with her piano, and has started studying recorder. She has 5 recorders; two descant (the size of a school recorder, plays in C), an Alto recorder (plays in the key of F) and two Tenor recorders (play in C, at normal voice level).
The Man has enjoyed a variety of pursuits. His favourite subject is anything to do with engineering. He is currently hoping to do aeronautical engineering someday.
He enjoys video editing, listening to stories, reading, and working in the garden. He has started working with Tiger to learn how to use the chainsaw, and fix things around the property...so that if Tiger goes away we will still have an onsite repairman. He really enjoys these new skills.
He continues to study piano. He loves working with our music tutor and looks forward to his weekly visit.
The Man has joined the Rural Fire Service and this is a highlight to his week.
Our Tank still loves all things outdoors. His particular passion at the moment is fishing. He adores his lamb Biggles, who follows him around more than the other two lambs we hand reared this year.
The lambs were a great distraction through one of our lockdowns this year.
Tank finished primary school work, and is looking forward to participating in high school activities next year. He continues to study piano and is working hard on being RAD (Rhythm, Articulation, and Dynamics).
Tank loves working in the garden to pick food, and get things growing. We have expanded our veggie garden to now be over 100m2. We are growing lots of onion, leeks, zucchini, beans, beetroot, tomato, cucumber, capsicum, potato, and so much more!
Tank has worked hard on the regeneration of the dam area, making it greener so that it is nicer to swim in. This year he also worked with his Dad to make a skiff to play on the dam with. He would love to acquire a canoe or kayak someday that we can take down to the river.
Joybug continues to delight us with her delight in learning new things. She loves to practice the piano, and has enjoyed getting a descant recorder to practice with The Princess and Mama.
She has also taken to sewing like a duck to water. She has been making herself a medieval shift, all without a pattern, but following instructions.
She has been a bit unsuccessful with animals this year; losing a lamb (it was very sick prior to our getting it), a gosling (very sad story), and her bantam chook (whilst we were away a fox got it). Next year we are hoping things on this front go much better.
Skipper has worked well through his books this year. He has a heavy focus on drawing because he loves it so much.
Skipper enjoys his rooster King John, drawing, jumping on the trampoline, playing with lego, swimming in the dam, drawing and playing with lego!
Skipper is great at memorising poetry and reciting.
He also enjoys being chef for the family.
Rosebud began school work in earnest in the past month, after playing at school for most of the year. She loves her bantam chook, which she calls Ella and is looking forward to when Ella has wee babies of her own. She is wearing a dress that The Princess made her for her birthday this year...one to look like Cinderella.
She loves making juice for us to drink...and generally cooking anything...mostly muffins.
Rosebud has helped Mama make a large cottage garden full of wonderful flowers, calendulas, strawberries, cornflowers, and SO much more. She loves to pick the strawberries.
We pray you have enjoyed this little insight into our year this year.
