New Life!

Today we recieved news that Dotty our Puppy's Mummy had safely delivered 8 brand new Puppies!
We received pictures of the tiny little ones who looked a little like Guinea pigs!
You can probably predict that we have been given forst refusal on one of these!
We are totally delighted to see thier sweet little faces but turned this experience into a little project!The children need to research the costing for care for a week a month and annually for Dotty then allow for any new equipment!
Then research psychogical needs etc.
They will then present the case including pros and cons to the family,including possible fund raising ideas!
Today Dotty enjoyed bouncing ,circling and pouncing in the sunlight and especially delighted in stalking every shadow she saw.
She also took reat pleasure in eating and rolling on every possible piece of frosty grass!
Once she spotted some of the wonderful pack we walk with from 630-8ish, she made a beeline for the ball they were playing with !In a flash she stole it ,and lavished in the attention she recieved, as the entire pack tried to keep up with her exhuberant celebratory springs,leaps and dashes accross the cricket and fottball pitches!
We ended our antics in the park with a short training session just helping our precious puppy to remeber a few manners,and patterns of behaviour for her and public safety,
Clearly all her enthusiasm had paid off beuase unusually she was completely composed on our return journe and actually walked to heel !
Next while we were doing some maths together,a parcel arrived at our door and to our delight our mini green house ,seed trays and propogators arrived!
The children spent time reading the instructions then constructing the framework and shelves for the greenhouse problem solving to a point then thay enlisted the help of their Dad who was working from home today!
Next they sowed some seeds and enjoyed choosing a space for their new greenhouse!
Tommorow as part of our learning we will also visit our allotment with another family who home educate and also have an allotment to do some weeding,bed preperation and sow parsnips and carrots inside toilet rolls!
We were informed that this is a way to ensure a longer less split shape of root veggies!
after all this excitement we had a science lesson discussing life cycles,reproduction in plants and Dogs too!
I wonder what could have inspired us?
Later we went to the park for our homee education social gathering!
Ds played with a lovely lad who has autism,he has incredibly structured schooling he ven wears unidorm even though he is being educated at home !
He has a team of therapists and trained voluntary helpers to assist his education.
His Mum is an inspiration she is doing every possible thing to help him get the best out of life and his education,she spends every moment she can helping him .
Ds and YD are very confident with paralell play and did this so well with him today this made amazing connections and his mum saw some touching moments as we quietly observed his amazing progress!
We also met a new friend for YD who is a similar age and has a great sense of fun and excellent social skills!
We finnished the day with a long walk arund the various trees that line our beautiful park to select a Tree for our group to photgraph each time we meet we hope to obeserve the changes and progress through the year with each two weeks that pass by!
By th time we returned home it was time to prepare tea and get some rest after a very full day..........New life can be so inspiring!