All our local schools officially started back today. I have seen numerous comments on my Facebook news feed from parents that are thrilled to have sent their little munchkins off to be dealt with by teachers after a long holiday.
Well, in our house no little munchkins have been sent off to school to be dealt with by a teacher, but we are celebrating.
For us the start of school means that we now have beaches and parks that are empty, and are at our disposal during the day. It also means that our Home school groups are starting up again, so we have Art groups and Play groups to look forward to.
We took full advantage this morning - by getting out for a walk to our local shops, and taking the time to wander back past the local Marina. The kids were thrilled to meet lots of the locals walking their doggies and were able to say Hi and pat everyone on the way past. (Patting happened to the four legged variety only of course).
We ended up having a discussion about the tide and why it comes in and out each day. It was the first time my two have seen a 'King Tide' and they were interested to know why the water was so far up the rocks. This discussion ended up with the them showing me how fish can fly after we watched a good size fish jumping out of the water trying to catch the bugs on the surface.
It goes to show, even though we don't officially start school until next week in our house, learning never really stops when you have curious children.
Blessings,
Sterryn
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| Having a rest. |
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| The view from our rest stop :) |
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| The water is normally about 10 feet from the top of the piles here, today maybe 3! |
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| Love our local walks! |
