Month: August 2016
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The Scripture in our House
Yesterday, I posted about the work we had been doing on our hallway, and I received an email asking why I had chosen the scripture passages on the blackboards throughout. So I thought I’d do a quick share. From the top of the hallway, on the kitchen door way: To remind us to always choose […]
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Around the House in 80 Hours: Hallway/ Office
This week we were going to focus on the Living/ Dining room, but really we needed to get the hall and office organised in order to find a place to organise the mess of the living area into (if you see what I mean). I really struggle to keep my office area clutter free, mainly […]
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Update on Real Life
I thought as I have posted almost entirely on our Around the World adventures for the past three weeks I would do a quick update on our day to day life. To be honest, there is not a huge amount to report but I shall do my best, starting with the youngest…. B5 B5 has […]
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Victorian Steam Punk: Week Three
– I finally finished all the sewing of the costumes, so the photos you see here are their final ones. Not a pin in sight! We also added a few accessories, although that will be our main focus next week. Steam Punk Hat Bearing in mind we are trying to do this whole thing spending […]
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Around the World in 80 Days: Week Three – Typhoons, Japan and Acrobatics
The last thing we covered during week three was Passepartoute’s journey to Japan and his time spent there trying to earn food to feed himself. He sailed straight to Yokohama from Hong Kong. Fogg was not so fortunate. He had to catch a much smaller boat to Shanghai (which coincidentally he missed!) sailing through a […]
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Around London in 8 Destinations: Planning Session Two
As part of their summer challenge, the three older children would need to plan, prepare an itinerary for and execute a whole day in London by themselves. They would be required to visit 8 Victorian land sites, taking their photo outside each one. Their smaller challenges to be completed during the four weeks of summer […]
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Around the World in 80 Days: Week 3 – Victorian Drug Use
Fix attempts to waylay Fogg by getting Passepartoute not only drunk but drugged with Opium. This was a good opportunity to do a bit of research into the use of drugs in the 19th century. Victorian Drug Use There were opium dens where one could buy oblivion, dens of horror where the memory of old […]
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Around the World in 80 Days: Week 3 – Calcutta to Singapore
We spent a day learning about the geography of the route between Calcutta and Singapore. It was interesting to go on Google Earth and track the route Passepartout and his master Mr Fogg took. We learnt about: The Bay of Bengal The Strait of Malacca Singapore Gothic Architecture Samuel Morse Fix sends a telegraph to Great […]
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Around the House in 80 Hours: Week 2 – Kitchen
This week was all about the kitchen. I basically wanted to give it a really deep clean, a thorough organise and a little bit of prettying. We all worked so hard on this, clocking up over 50 hours between us. Gary helped out by giving me a whole day of work, which given it was […]
