Even More Safety Nerd Proof

Last week, somehow it came up that Luke and Isabel didn't know about the Titanic, so while we were eating lunch I told them the story (my own very brief and general knowledge about it.) Then, today Luke read on a Nevada license plate "The Silver State" and I explained that Nevada is called the silver state because they used to mine for silver in the Nevada mountains. I then told them (more of my very brief knowledge) about the 1849 California Gold Rush. Realizing that they had never heard these stories before, made them seem new to me as well, and I felt a sense of reappreciativeness (absolutely not a word.) But do you get what I mean? Okay, so here is the safety nerd part: This is all Luke gets out of the historic stories I've recently told them....

"Things that happened in the past really make you not want to do things, like ever go on a boat." --Luke a.k.a. Safety Nerd

In my opinion, that is taking "learn from the past" a little bit too far.

A Fellow Home Schooler!

I haven't gotten too homesick. It was a very sad moment for me when I realized that for the last seven and a half years not a day has gone by that I haven't exchanged kisses from my babies until this weekend. Other than that, I have been having such a fun relaxing time visiting my sister.

Some of you may have read Crystal's blog before (a fellow home schooler). She lives 11 miles from my sister so I stopped by and she served cake. It was so much fun to get to know her better and meet her family. Here we are!

Off to Texas....YEEEHAW!

This week we finished listening to the audio book, Ulysses Moore: Door to Time, by Pierdomenico Baccalario. My kids loved this treasure hunt type adventure book. I guess it is a series so next time at the library we will get Ulysses Moore: Long-Lost Map. Afterward I had them draw and write about their favorite part of the story. Lately Luke has been going through the Secrets of Droon series books by Tony Abbott like crazy.

Alright, I am not into this.  I have obviously been very lazy about the blog lately.  Could it be because I am just too excited about my no kids no husband trip to Texas to visit my sister?!  I should return energized and motivated on Tuesday!