The Butterflies have emerged - 10 days later

The red liquid is meconium - left over colouring from the wings and unneeded tissues.

All 5 of the caterpillars have now changed into beautiful Painted Lady Butterflies - we all agreed that God is truly an awesome creator and artist.

Niamh reading the poem "What is pink ?"

What is Pink?
Christina Rossetti

What is pink? a rose is pink
By the fountain's brink.
What is red? a poppy's red
In its barley bed.
What is blue? the sky is blue
Where the clouds float thro'.
What is white? a swan is white
Sailing in the light.
What is yellow? pears are yellow,
Rich and ripe and mellow.
What is green? the grass is green,
With small flowers between.
What is violet? clouds are violet
In the summer twilight.
What is orange? why, an orange,
Just an orange!

Caterpillars - 3 weeks

All the caterpillars have turned into chrysalises now, Eden says the butterflies are going to be orange because you can see some orange colouring through the chrysalis.
We transferred them to the butterfly habitat for when they turn into butterflies.

Egyptian art - watercolour

Mural found on the wall of Tutankhamen's tomb. (Eden)
Ankh - egyptian hieroglyphic meaning life. Niamh

Caterpillars - two weeks

The caterpillars have now attached themselves to the top of the cup - ready to turn into a chrysalis.

A writing milestone for Jude

Jude traces his own name.

Niamh doing a kick over

Niamh has just learned this move - she makes it look so easy.

Siya and the Ancient Tomb - A story by Niamh

Siya is a girl who is 7 years old. Her Mom and Dad were born in Egypt, but they had moved to England. Siya was born in England. Now the family has gone back to Egypt, because it was beautiful there.

One day Siya went out of her house to dig. She found pieces of gold in the sand, and everytime she dug, she found more gold. Then she found a hole, in it was a map on papyrus with hieroglyphic writing on. Her mommy and daddy had taught her how to read hieroglyphics. The map was to an ancient pharoah's tomb. The map showed her the way to two sand hills, and she had to move two boulders out of the way to get to the tomb. She went home and called her Mom and Dad, and they came back to the tomb with her. They went into the tomb and found precious jewellery. Her mommy and daddy then said, "It's nearly night time, we have to go back home Siya." But Siya stayed in the tomb, she had two lamps. Then Siya went into the place where the coffin was. She opened the coffin and she found the mummy. She took the mask off his head, and the mummy came alive and he said to her, "Come on, let's get out of here - I've been here for thousands of years." Siya collected all the gold and went home with the mummy. Siya's mom said, "Siya, what have you been doing ?", and Siya said, " Mom, I have made a new friend called Ramses." Ramses then built a new house next to Siya, and they became great friends.

Mom says - Niamh has long been the storyteller in the house, and she is often telling her siblings stories at bedtime, in the morning in bed and at the breakfast table. I overheard this one, so I asked her to narrate it to me.

Books I'm reading - Eden

Making biscuits.

Here is Jude making fish and starfish biscuits for the under-the-sea theme he is doing.

Caterpillars

We ordered these caterpillars, and they came in a cup with their food on the bottom(the ones we take out of the garden somehow always die). This is a picture of them when they arrived.
This is what they look like 5 days later. They have gotten so big so quickly.

Learning about Egypt

The hieroglyphics spell Eden, Niamh and Jude.

Royal girls

My Recipe box

Mom has bought me a recipe box, so I am going to collect all my favourite recipes and put them in my box - here is an example of one of the recipe cards that goes into the box.