Another One Down the Hole

There's something about loose teeth and my parents' house in Luton. Alathea's lost both of hers there at different times. Sophia swallowed her first loose tooth while there a few years ago, and now Alathea's swallowed one, too! After her current gap was discovered, Alathea calmly informed Grandma, "My tooth is probably in the sewer by now..." Fortunately mommies and grandmas still pay up for gappy smiles, even if there's nothing to show for it under the pillow!

Hard at Work

Here are a few of the things the girls and their classmates have been doing this half term:

A two-wheeled, convertible bus designed and made by Alathea

A class collage of a tuk-tuk, inspired by a story Alathea's class has been studying

An advert, written by Sophia, to attract visitors to the Eiffel Tower

A scale drawing of the Eiffel Tower, by Sophia

Sophia's group's model of the Eiffel Tower, made from tape, foil, and straws

Since Moving

Here are a few shots (some courtesy of my dad) of what we've been doing since moving from Bromley this summer:

 

 New school uniform

Wes' old means of transport

Wes' new means of transport

New look for Grade 2 at East Oxford School of Ballet

Sophia's new glasses

Up a horse chestnut tree in Oxford University Parks

Anglo-Saxon baptismal font in Minstead, New Forest 

Free-range horses and ponies in the New Forest

In the New Forest

In Bournemouth, where forest meets beach

My mom loves old Minis

With my dad in Bournemouth

Water-play in our garden

Sandpit at Florence Park

Backdated: Ballet

Sorry this isn't a very good photo, but it's the only one I was able to get of Sophia's RAD Grade 1 ballet performance. She's in the center.