Boat School

This morning Aaron got up and went straight to his Reading Comprehension. That out of the way, we contemplated going for a walk. It was too hot already at 9.30am. Instead, we got out all the lego - normally he'll play in the cockpit with lego but I felt sorry for him in that heat so he took it all inside the boat and lego were all over the salon floor. Abigail woke up a around 10am and got straight to helping Aaron with lego building.

Aaron had breakfast, yoghurt and orangic cereal. Then he made his bunk (without being reminded to!) Later he did some maths online.

Abigail did her maths and Reading comprehension whilst I went to the post office and the shops this afternoon. I love that! I never said a word to her about getting on with it! She is not an early bird so therefore didn't even start until after lunch. She first woke up, fed the monster in her belly and then built lego spaceships with her brother until she was awake enough to do "boatschool". Unfortunately most of her math work was wrong. I haven't told her yet. But, I think she was just in a hurry or something because when I looked at last week's work she had done everything right. She was in a hurry to go play outside me thinks. Neither one of them started their spelling assignments but that is fine. It is only Monday and I won't panic that it won't get done by Friday because I have seen from these past 2-3 weeks that they do get through all of the work if I just let them do it in their own time. I did however feel the need to mention that it is a new week and therefore new spelling words!

I am watching the weather for a good window to take them out on their sailboat. We have gone from bush fires to daily monsoons! It is quite the wrong time for nice winds I suppose but we only need a little bit to get this one going. She is a lovely 1970 Pacemaker, 22' , perfect for them to learn on and for me to have a refresher course. I am not planning to be the "captain" or anything like it. I want them to feel this is their boat and give them the freedom to sail her as they wish. It would never do to teach them on passage because usually we just want to get where we are going and not go around in circles! Add to that the fact that Yebo is quite a bit larger than their sail boat and it just isn't a good one for them to learn on.
We really need to check her bilges with all this rain we have had. I can see her on the opposite dock and she doesn't look low on her waterlines. I don't have an automatic bilge pump for her well, unless you count the kids!