Field Trip

Today we went to a bounce arena with our home school group. I was able to surprise the children with this trip and they. had. a. BALL!!!!! It was a really nice set up as I had never been to any place like this. The price was very reasonable: $4 per child for 3 hours. There were couches and massage chairs for the parents to sit in and a very nice sized group. I think this will be a monthly thing that we will try to participate in this winter.

6th grade has posted about The Best Vacation Ever!! over at her blog, Princess Puppy. Check it out and give her some support.

Facebook Finds

I joined Facebook to keep up with my teenager, but really never paid too much attention to "socially networking" on it until I learned to play Uno, Farm Town and Farm Ville. (BTW - I need more neighbors so I can hire plowers :))

When my mother was pregnant with me, she agreed to be followed by a student from Case Western University in Cleveland, OH. That young doctor ended up delivering me. I believe I was her first delivery and my mother kept in touch with her and she with my mother after my birth. In fact, she gave me a little stuffed animal that I still have. When I was 10 years old, my family moved from Ohio and while I had several phone calls with that doctor, we eventually lost touch with each other.

I celebrated my 44th birthday last week and this morning when I got on Facebook to check my farms (LOL), I saw a friend request from the doctor that delivered me. What a trip!

HOME!!!

...and while we miss the beach and warm weather and especially the ocean (which was exceptionally warm this year) it is good to be home.

Until the Ride Comes To a Complete Stop...

Our time is almost up here and I must say it has been the 2nd best vacation I have had. The kids had a great time and while we did not have as much school as I had planned, they learned so much and met so many new people. We met new families from New York, California and Michigan. This years newest geography lesson was meeting a large family from Dawson Creek, British Columbia. They were a Christian family that has homeschooled in the past and have 6 daughters, some of which love to sing. We have learned about their climate (up to 10 months of winter and snowy weather, Yikes!) and other demographics.

We also rekindled with friends from Scotland, Sheffield, England, Boston, Michigan, and various Providences of Canada.

I have loads of pictures that I will post for documentation sake.

Blessed!

Too True Tuesday

One of my blog buddies, Essie, has a blog segment called Too True Tuesday and the subject of this weeks TTT is, your least favorite holiday and why. And just for fun and balance, your favorite holiday and why.

My least favorite holiday is Halloween. It's not so much the holiday that I dislike as much as the social pressure I get because my kids do not usually get to go trick or treating. Our annual family vacation starts the Saturday after Halloween and so I am usually just too overwhelmed to do the whole costume and parade around the neighborhood thing.

My favorite is Thanksgiving because of this, (Originally posted last November here)

My immediate family is pretty small... Mom, Dad, 1 younger brother and myself. All of my extended family live out of state and we just don't get together like we used to. About 6 years ago, I asked my then 10 year old what he wanted for thanksgiving dinner and he jokingly said, "grilled cheese sandwiches and french fries" our then favorite meal. We kinda looked at each other and thought, hmmmm. And so our family tradition began. Believe me, I have heard much criticism about it, but it's what we like and it is fun and the kids love it and so do I. To see pictures, click on the "here" link.

This year, Thanksgiving will be celebrated here in Nassau, so mom cooks like crazy. And Essie...we are having ham!

Today Is My Birthday!