On this lazy day,
a grand bottletop fair was held
by a boy and a girl
Icecream was made and sold
as were the bottle tops
(with prices varying, said the seller, according to rarity of top)
A bottle top colour guessing game was played
using an ingenious invention
created by a boy and a girl
and prizes were won.
On this lazy day,
a toy house was played with
(which had been built by a dad, a boy and a girl the day before)
and afterwards,
the animals
slept deeply in their little beds.
On this lazy day,
a girl went to buy a bird
(to replace a beloved boy bird, Zed,
who had passed away in his nest three days before,
having worked his little tail off for months
nest making
grooming, and egg sitting
for his girlfriend Zoom.
R.I.P Zed. You will be missed).
Introducing Zip
who then met his new girl friend (the hefty one in the photo)
and was lurved
(resulting a seriously happy little girl!).
On this lazy day
haikus were written
by a boy,
who was
inspired by a book
that arrived in the post today
and is awesome.
(and will be used a lot
in writers workshop and at home.
I can't wait)
A haiku
Five syllables start,
Seven syllables follow.
Then five more, the end.
by my boy
On this lazy day
other lovely books arrived,
(this being the big half year books splurge of 2010)
and were pored over by a boy and a girl and a mum.
They included
A Childrens' Homer by Padraic Colum
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Mary Hoffman
The Picture History of Great Inventors by Gillian Clements
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.
Galen and the Door to Medicine
and
Archimedes and the Door to Science by Jeanne Bendick.
Yum!
On this lazy day
maths dvds arrived
to help us find some maths joy again
and were watched and laughed over
and loved
by a boy and a girl and a mum.
And on this lazy day,
a cat
lay flat
on a man.
It was
a
very
lovely
(not-so-) lazy
day!
Lovely - in so many ways. I just love your posts, Helena.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely day indeed. We collect bottle caps. Kei wants to try to make some like the necklaces they are wearing. I bought her one, which costs $5 for just the bottlecap and told her we could make these at home!!
ReplyDeleteI will have to check out the books. I love books. Love, love, love!
And welcome home Zip! :)
Thanks, Deb, that's just so nice to hear. Same to you, by the way :)
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks, Karen—I've never thought of making necklaces with bottletops! How's that done, I wonder? Got some tips? And yes, books ARE yummy, much more delicious than icecream, and way more nourishing.