Things have been so crazy busy the last few weeks! I just realized I never even blogged for all of September! It's been a little bit rough getting into the swing of things this year. We have one day a week we are out of the house from 8 to 8! Long days indeed. Those are the days I do my best to get my coffee before we leave as it's unlikely I will see my precious coffee again before bed time. I freely admit I am a coffee addict!
Those extra long days start with Community Day, followed by the library and then to meet up again with friends from Community Day and others. At some point we have dinner whether at home or in town before the boys head off to Cub Scouts. Busy. So un-socialized my poor little home-schooled kids! All of that is just one day! Don't forget church is a whole other day of being with others. Every. Single. Week. The other five days? There is no set schedule and we have a little wiggle room. There could be another park day, a field trip, time with mama's old military friends and their kids, visits to family and friends in other states. Really, the possibilities are endless.
So September. It flew by! The boys decided reading the Little House series would be fun this year. It sounded good to me so I agreed and we went on a search for all the books. I'm still missing two I believe. I decided it would be best to do as a read aloud together project, so that is what we have been doing. We finished Little House In The Big Woods and I am waiting for their projects based on the book. I can't wait to see what they decide to do. About one-third of the way through we did paintings of our favorite scene which they enjoyed (although I think I need to find some good art education materials!).
9/11.
We really studied September 11th. I mean, we literally did nothing else that day. Everything we did was related to the events of the day. There were a couple worksheets and coloring pages but mostly there was plenty of discussion. We read speeches from GeorgeBush, we listened to the music created about 9/11 and discussed the meanings of the lyrics, we watched the original news coverage of the planes hitting and the collapse of the towers. We discussed terrorists and what they did, how they changed our lives. We talked about what I was doing when it happened. Yes, my children are young but history is history and I don't believe in making things nice and rosy when they aren't.
Last weekend we went to see the Memphis Belle at an airport near us. We arrived while it was still in flight so we were able to watch it come in for a landing. Take note, this is not the original Memphis Belle, but the one used in the movie about the real, and legendary Memphis Belle. At the same time, this aircraft was built in the 1940's and just didn't make it to war. It is one of only 13 or so B-17 Bombers, or "Flying Fortresses" that is still in flight today out of around 3,000 built, so regardless it is absolutely worth seeing! The kids loved it! After it landed and they had it situated we were able to walk all around it and tour the inside. I took many pictures of course!
There is a ton more I could share, but I need to be up in time for coffee before school!
