~ Thursday, September 23, 2010 ~

Sam got out the Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction: Build Implements of Spitball Warfare book out last night and made a Clothespin Catapult. He couldn't find any glue sticks to put in the glue gun, so he used Elmer's. I'm not sure it's going to hold up, but I love that he took the initiative. I didn't even know he was doing it until he brought me the finished catapult.

Josiah had Home School Hair all day today....







Today we were a bit stagnant today, so I started the Jamestown's American Portraits series. The Corn Raid: A Story of the Jamestown Settlement. We cuddled on my bed (A Mom sandwich. Mom in the middle, one boy on each side.) and I read aloud (Sam could absolutely read this book, no problem, but I read with fantastic inflection, so I thought it best for me to read, especially for Josiah to be able to get into the story.) We finished the first chapter, and it was a big hit. The boys were shocked and appalled that in the 1600's, young, poor boys were brought over to America from England to be servants, and were whipped by their masters. We had to stop and look at the map in our "classroom" to get an idea of the location of the Jamestown settlement and of England. Wow! The servant boy came a long way across the ocean. Their eyes got big and they moved as close to me as they could get in excited anticipation as the confrontation between the twelve year old servant and the Indian boy who stole his hoe escalated.







We read from Read Aloud Spooky Stories, Little Orphant Annie, as well as The Canterville Ghost, then took a long nap. We are SO ready for Halloween!

Cassidy bought me flowers with her OWN money, and as she handed them to me, she said, "Thank you for being my Mommy!"








Sam and Mike went to soccer practice while Josiah and I stayed home and made baked spaghetti. Fresh mozzarella, grass-fed beef, my special sauce...dark green salads....Udi's garlic toast....YUM, YUM!

 A wonderful surprise: I got a text from friends from high school to meet for drinks in Gastonia. One friend was here from Missouri, and I have not seen her in twenty years! It was such a great time! We had so many laughs. I got home at 4AM!!! (Thank God for that two hour nap earlier;)






I am sooo into the Sue Grafton books now. "S" is for Silence is awesome!