AIR ASHVILLE

Found this video of the kids school from the sky...thought you might like to see the area.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3uB40_Y570
 

THANKSGIVING

We were lucky tonight to be able to have an early Thansgiving dinner with some friends of ours here in Harrogate.  One couple is from Arkansas and the other from Colorado.  It was low key and a bit impromptu but the result was wonderful.  14 people are going to bed a bit stuffed tonight. 

 

TESTING 1-2-3

Chloe has been spending a lot of time here lately studying for her GCSE exams that are taken at the end of this year (equivalent of Year 10 in the US).  In the UK - a person's GCSE scores are as important as their high school GPA in the US, but actually more important.  When I interview people who are well into their adulthood, they still provide their GCSE scores on their resume.

Chloe will end up taking exams (couple hours each) for each of her subjects-Chemistry, Physics, English, History, Business Studies, Computer Technology, Math, etc.  They go through a round of mock exams starting next week which are the same thing as the real exams, but they don't count as much. 

This was the view from the backyard tonight as Chloe was continuing to revise (that is what they call studying over here) for her exams.

 

FOG-VEMBER

It has been particularly foggy this month and today was no exception.  See the view from our backyard today.

 

FALL in KNARESBOROUGH

GRAPE FACE

A little fun with grapes at dinner the other night.  Mom wasn't amused a I encouraged the kids to play with their food

 

BATE

Foggy Day in Knaresbourough.   We were happy to get in our BATE still.

 

MUD-GBY

Dawson played for his house (Duckworth) in rugby today and as you can see it was a muddy muddy day.  Duckworth won all of their games and won house rugby for the year!  Go Duckworth.

 

BATE

I've been working a few more hours this week and haven't had as much time with the kiddos.   Sadie was anxious for our BATE this morning and asked about it before she went to bed last night.  Happy we could have another BATE (Bakery + Date) this morning.

 

CRAZY BLUE CREW

 

BATE

ARTY

Sadie brought home some artwork she created last night and we also received a greeting card we got in the mail that she had made in class.  (Watch out Hallmark!)