Oh hiiiiii (I’ve been listening to too much Oologies)
So when I got home on Friday, the kids were overjoyed to see mummy and have been very generous with get well soon cards and cuddles. Apparently not quite enough to stop fighting for more than 30 seconds, but you gotta take what you can.
This weekend has been about reconnecting with my fam and spending some quality time with them – though, to be fair, they can only sit still for so long, so my appeal quickly wanes.
We started with watercolour painting as it appealed to my sense of clean up ease. I was quite shocked and amazed at how interested they were and wanted to create. We have some amazing volcanoes and roads going on that are currently drying. I dived right in and decided to watch youtube videos of how to ‘do’ watercolour – turns out, you do you. I’m unsure how I feel about this but I did have fun creating some things.
So, here you can see that I lack imagination but i’m at least giving it a go – art is subjective right lol
Next, Sam and I decided that the grapes had stayed on the vine far too long and it was time to try our hand at winemaking. The kids thought this was a great idea until they realised they actually needed to help for more than 5 minutes haha.
Here is about 5 mins of grape picking and about 20 kg of grapes that needed to be de stemmed. Connor helped but Avery helped by “keeping you company mummy” with my crutches as a gun.
The grapes have now had the sugar and yeast added and now we wait for the wine to come (you see, even when I can’t drink, I’m still planning the wine!)
Next was a huge batch of Kombucha that I’m going to mix with grape syrup (saved some and making syrup for the kids) to see if I can ferment a low alcoholic grape/ wine kombucha. Wish me luck.
Today, the kids are back at their respective learning places, husband is at work, and I’m gazing at the housework and talking to you guys.
xoxo