The boys each have a spider in a bottle, which they are looking after like little pets. They open the lid a few times a day to let in fresh air, and each spider has at least one live bug for food when it gets hungry. There is also a fair selection of dead grass and dirt in the bottles now, although this latest edition has obscured the sightings of the spiders. Aaron loves his spider but the nearest he can get to showing it affection is hugging the bottle. I had my last craft group at Pillings today - we made serviette rings by cutting up toilet roll inners and then wrapping wool around them. I untangled many knots!
Nick is still busy with the outside stuff when he has time, although today was quite a busy office-work day for him. He’s cut down a lot of the bamboo to size, but has come across about six pieces so far that are unusable – either slightly too short, or too thin. These he has allowed the boys to play with, for their construction games. He fashioned a tepee frame for them, lashing them together with flax. The boys wanted to cover the whole thing with black bags, and so started today in the hope that they would be able to sleep in it tomorrow night (outdoors), but Nick informed them that sleeping outside would not be appropriate given the current weather. It’s become windy again, and we’re having a lot of rain at night. The days are still hot and sticky, but at least the wind moves the air around!
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