Back to School

School for us starts the middle of August. It's kinda soon for me, but I'm thankful come the end of April when we can be done for the summer!

The girls love Classical Conversations. They are both in the Foundations program in the morning and soak up a ton of information, it still surprises me how much their little brains take in! Kiley is in Essentials this year in the afternoon, so she has a writing assignment each week that she presents to the class (as well as grammar). She has been really creative in her presentation. This week her paper was on ziggurats. She put it on weathered and crumpled paper she painted with yellow and brown paints and tore the edges to make it look old. Then she put hieroglyphics on it. The next week, her assignment was on The Great Flood. This one she nailed to a plank!

Ashlyn gave a presentation on her favorite book, Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy. Of course she had to dress up in her Ladybug Girl costume. She even has a ladybug backpack so the outfit was complete. She did a great job presenting her book and retelling the story page by page. The kids were really engaged and I've even heard one of the boys call her ladybug girls since then.

Day 3 - Part 2 - The Great Wolf Lodge

This place is awesome! It's a great place for family days. Granted, we didn't have to wait in line behind more than 3 people, so I can't say if it's worth it during the busy season. The girls absolutely loved it. One of them, who shall remain nameless, said it was better than Disney! I wouldn't go that far, but you can pack a lot of fun in a few hours everyday. Both girls had their favorite rides. Kiley loved the tornado (which Ashlyn wouldn't get back on after the first time), and Ashlyn loved the blue slide (which Kiley would not get back on after the first time). They both tried everything though, even when they were afraid to, so we were proud of them. Definitely will keep an eye out for special days at the one near us!

Day 3 - The Real Jamestown

This was really cool! We only had a couple hours to spend here and could have spent the day. We really rushed through it since we had to be back the next day for CC and still wanted to play at the Lodge before hitting the road. They found the actual Jamestown in the 90's, although it wasn't confirmed until 2004. They have found the actual post holes from the fort, uncovered cellars from the houses, and discovered pottery from their day to day life. They were in the ground pulling up things as we were there. I would highly recommend the HISTORICAL Jamestown.

Jamestown - Day 2

We visited Jamestown on our second day. They have reconstructed the fort as journals indicated it really was. Thankfully, Craig knew they found the actual, historical Jamestown just about a mile away from this location and we visited there on Day 3, so stay tuned for that!

The girls couldn't wait to get back to the Great Wolf Lodge, but they enjoyed the time there.

Better Late than Never - Day 1 Williamsburg

With swim team and moving over the summer, no vacation happened this year, or so we thought. We were able to get a great deal on a Williamsburg vacation AND stay at the Great Wolf Lodge. It was awesome! The Great Wolf Lodge is a wonderful family fun place. We all loved it and could have stayed much longer, just at the hotel.

The girls really liked Williamsburg. They were able to wear their colonial dresses Mamaw made and were given lots of compliments on them. I think their favorite thing was to visit the old fashioned gift shops and spend their money!