April has felt slightly more busy compared to the quiet winter months - or perhaps the milder weather means there are more things to do. We're nearly at the end of 2 weeks of "spring break" from homeschooling, which I have enjoyed! ;-) I think of "school holidays" as a break for me! lol The first week we spent a number of days over in Edderton, to do spring cleaning at the holiday house and get it all ready for the first guests this year. It's been occupied since Saturday last week. And once that was done, then I felt able to "relax" and think of jobs and spring cleaning to do at home. I try to catch up on extra housework and deep cleaning during holidays.
Last Saturday there was an "open day" at Tarlogie Dun, which is an excavation of an iron age round house. It's students from Aberdeen University who are doing the dig, together with volunteers. The kids really enjoyed getting to see archaeology in action - Abigail thinks it would be great fun to do this at university! :-) And it was great being able to visit a dig that is only just down the road from where we live!
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| What a view these people would have had who lived in this round house! :-) This is only about 1/4 of it uncovered - it was unusually large. |
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| Looking at part of the outer walls - they were very thick. |
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| The 3 students at the dig, who were telling us about the work there. |
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| Part of a wall |
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| A trench they've dug |
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| It was lovely & sunny, but cold and VERY windy! Elijah had the best place - snuggled in the sling next to his mama! :-) |
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| Deborah didn't know WHY she couldn't grab a bucket and trowel and help with the digging - she *really* wanted to help! |
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| Biggest four watching and listening! |
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| Looking at the few things they've found so far - including a few partial grinding stones. |
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| Looking at the dig site from down below on the A9. |
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| Since I've done this blog post in alphabetical order, next come Baby no 6! Or should that really be Baby F (since we have A to E so far?!) LOL :-) Not making any firm decisions on a name yet - so will have to keep everyone guessing until sometime in October if the alphabetical names continue! Anyway, I'm nearly 14 weeks pregnant with our sixth baby! They kids are all SOOO delighted with the idea of a baby - they can't wait! |
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| A week ago it was Clement's 5th birthday! Here he is opening presents. |
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| Showing me his new Lego, but not looking at me! lol |
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| Plenty of Lego presents! |
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| And another present! |
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| Deborah with frizzy hair from a balloon! |
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| Clement feeling pleased with himself - he built the truck all by himself! |
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| An excited boy about a cake with Lego on it! |
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| It was TOOOO blue, and too boring in my opinion, but Clement had no complaints! |
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| This is what Benjamin does in the school holidays - gets out the history text book so he can find out what we'll be learning about when we start again! ;-) :-P |
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| Best friends! I found them like this when I went to see if they were up to any mischief, as they were so quiet! lol |
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| Cuddle of 3! |
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And before I forget, when I blogged last time I meant to include a photo of my adorable little niece Ashley - Leah & Caleb's newest addition! Isn't she so cute?! I just wish she wasn't so far away and I could have a cuddle!
And that's all for this blog post. But maybe later today - or tomorrow - I've got a bunch of photos from a day out we had in Dundee this week! :-) So hopefully there will be a 2nd post from me very soon.
