Martin reading Archaeology Magazine. There is so much I love about this picture. Not the least is that I share his obsession with all things natural history. I love when he spouts out little factoids about ancient Egypt or Earth science. He is so my child. I didn't even teach him this, but he knows the Mohs Hardness scale and can recognize an Ammonite! This summer I hope to teach him the constellations.
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Reed at the Library! He shares a birthday with Thomas Hardy, my first favorite author, and though I did not do this deliberately, he is appropriately named after one of my favorite activities! I credit reading with developing my own social and political ideas. I read my first 'real book' Les Miserables at 13, and though I didn't understand it all, I remember questioning some of my own ill-formed political opinions because of it. I hope to teach my own children about empathy and social justice, how to live their lives and be good people in part by reading them good books, then encouraging them to read great books themselves. (I mean, what can we learn about marriage from Jane Austen?)YEAH REED!
We recently celebrated our own favorite psuedo-holiday, The Ides of March. We ate Caeser Salad and Caeser-bread. I wasn't able to get the Orange Julius I had oplanned, but it was still fun. I'm not sure the kids understood our synopsis of the story of Caeser's death, perhaps next year we will have to act out a few scenes from the play, complete with togas and tunicas! 
This is a recent trip to the library.
Caleb is playing a video game.
Maddie is participating in the ' reading to Dogs' program.That's about all we have been doing lately.
1 comment:
You crack me up!!!!
My mom always gets a little alarmed when I nerd my kids up (Evan is a particular fan of the police box movie) but she can't say much since she let my dad nerd us up too. I find it amusing to teach my kids the names of obscure animals and which planet goes where.
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