crayons – 17 aug 2011
Chloe pulled out the “oil pastels” today to do a little art project…
happy cat – 16 aug 2011
Gazoo is quite happy to have us home again!
Attractions: MagiQuest
A video game escaped from the computer and landed in the hallways of the hotel. Kids cooperated and assisted while working to complete their individual quests. We discovered MagiQuest back in 2009 while on a trip to Myrtle Beach.While we didn’t play on that trip, Camille researched it when we got back home and knew
master magis – 15 aug 2011
The girls loved having MagiQuest right outside the door of our hotel room. Chloe was a little frustrated at one point, but ended up having a blast and helping out others who didn’t know what they were doing …
(home)school begins
… though not at home, of course. Last year, we headed out to Wilderness at the Smokies to start up our year of homeschooling. It got us out of the distractions and demands of home and into a “neutral” place. Again, this year, we decided to head out to a waterpark for the start of
great wolf – 14 aug 2011
Last year we visited Wilderness at the Smokies for our school year kickoff. This year, we kicked it up a notch and came to the Great Wolf Lodge in Concord, NC. While I’m finding the waterpark to be less impressive (albeit CLEANER), the fact that there is MagiQuest in the hallways just outside our room
Can it be true?
Did we really manage to bring everything that we meant to bring? Since we seem to hit the road every week or two, the girls are responsible for packing their own clothes, diversions and homeschooling. I’ve come to accept that on each trip there will be at least one thing that will have been forgotten.
soup – 13 aug 2011
The theme of August’s Happiness Project is “cooking”. I’ve cleaned the kitchen, organized the spices and bought a few new supplies. Finally, it is time to try out new recipes! Not really low carb, but I made a corn soup from Vegetarian Times tonight!
doctor who lunch – 12 aug 2011
At Cost Plus/World Market, Camille found a can of instant custard, apparently a favorite of Doctor Who. The girls made “fish and chips” and custard for a special Doctor Who lunch.
Photo Friday: Visiting Friends
While I love to travel to new places to see interesting places and have new experiences, this past week we took a different kind of trip, a trip to visit old friends. No touristy or quirky destination on the schedule. Just time reconnecting with old friends. Of course, while we were there, we came up
reading – 11 aug 2011
Chloe finished her book on the trip home, and then moved on to reading “Henry Potty” on the iPad. Gotta love having so many books on hand without having to take up lots of room in the car.
at the pool – 10 aug 2011
The girls are sad that Pine Lake is not swimmable this summer, so they really loved getting to swim at our friends’ pool in Kentucky!! What fun!
in the pool – 9 aug 2011
We’re in Kentucky, staying with friends for a couple of days. The girls loved swimming in their pool after dinner last night! Chloe, of course, only brought half her swimsuit. Thankfully, she is small and could borrow one!
chloe – 8 aug 2011
Chloe insists that I take her picture — if I get the camera out, she jumps in front of it.
junk drawer – 7 aug 2011
I finally got the kitchen all sorted out (minus the grains into mason jars, that is). The junk drawer contents got separated into piles and all filed away in the correct spots.
gazoo – 6 aug 2011
That’s how I felt too. I flopped around the house all day, stalled because I didn’t want to do the task I had assigned myself, cleaning the kitchen.
flowers – 5 aug 2011
It was actually cool enough to sit out on the porch for a couple of hours while working this morning!
Photo Friday: Mermaids at Fernbank
This year, we’ve decided that we will play Hometown Tourists whenever we are actually in town. Though we’ve been to the Fernbank Museum of Natural History a gazillion times, it was this week’s tourist destination. The weather has been so HOT that I wanted to go somewhere indoors and no place that has gardens we
PL highway – 4 aug 2011
Um … highway??
ashtray – 3 aug 2011
The fad on facebook at the moment seems to be “You Know You’re from xyz when …” groups.My simple contribution on the group was a photo of this ashtray that I made in middle school shop way back when. I can’t believe it has survived all these years!
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