A cure for a wobble.

This week has been tough, mainly because the weather has brought us down.  Howabouts behaviour has been testing too.  I don't know what to make of it: does he need to go to school or is he adjusting and acting out?  Does he need his own set of friends or time to be on his own? It just seems that he wants to spoil our efforts at doing anything fun.
Well Thursday was a cure for this and left us all feeling super positive.  We met with our group of home edders in the woods.  We all arrived late and it was still raining.  I think everyone felt the same, we were all so sick of the rain that we went anyway!  Even before we left the car park the boys were splashing in puddles and running in and out of trees.  We found a nice spot for base camp and promptly set about building a den.  Boys shot off in every direction to fetch bigger and bigger twigs then branches.

It doesn't matter how small you are if you are determined.

Team den was a fantastic achievement and everyone joined in and enjoyed themselves.  After we made caramalised apples in tin cans and there was more puddle jumping.  All of the boys entertained themselves for more than three hours, no complaining or boredom, they would have stayed longer but we had friends coming for lunch.

Team den just as the fern layer was being added.

We all had a great morning and I realised that this is what I had hope home ed would be like.  We are still struggling when stuck in doors, but outside we love it.