We’re having a bit of a lull from anything in the way of nice homeschool/learning experiences, because Antonia is in the grip of hay fever.  But on Saturday it rained hard and on Sunday she was able to go to the village fair.  Here is the coolest thing she got up to:

Of course, she had put on her long and pretty summer dress, just in case any of her little boyfriends should be there… as they were!  I never saw a climbing wall like this before.  It comes all folded up on a van which tips on its end and unwraps the side walls.  Apparently she made it all the way to the top, at 2 Euros a throw (that’s nearly 3 dollars in today’s money).

And she’s been saving up her pocket money so that she could buy this swing chair she really wanted:

We agreed to pay for half of it when she had saved up the other half. That meant she had to save the equivalent of $31, which took her two and a half months.  Of course, after all that effort her Daddy had to hang it up immediately, no matter how tired he might be… otherwise… it’s the screwdriver treatment.  I must say I think we adults got our money’s worth on this chair as well.  It is very nice and cosy to rock in and read stories to her.  Now all we need is for her to remove some of those obstacles from the floor, so we don’t hurt our feet.