History Lesson Gone Wrong

Tuckerby and Danner are studying British history. Tuck has learned about King Henry all the way up to Queen Elizabeth, who we are studying now. In order to do this we have had to discuss monarchies and how when you have fanatical monarchs, such as Queen Mary, you can lose religious freedom. A few days ago Tuck overheard me talking to a good friend about how my brother and his family have recently moved to England. (Hi Jason and Amy!) This is not new news to him, but apparently this is the first time he made the connection between his awesome textbook (Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall, go by it, the best ever) and the England that Uncle Jason and Aunt Amy moved to. He seemed incredulous that they would choose to move there. "But Mom," he said, "didn't anyone tell them they aren't free?"

Esme Elyn

These are just random shots of Esme that I took while taking pictures of the other kids. I actually intended to re-do her photo shoot. You know, like, when I had actually combed her hair, and she actually had pants on. But she broke my camera and this is all I have. I think that these actually show off her personality much more though.

Eowyn's Photos

Tuck's Photo Shoot

Here's Tuckerby's pictures from our little photo shoot. He really enjoyed doing this. Unfortunately, we cut all that beautiful hair off less than a week later.

Danner's Photo Shoot

Today was Danner's Birthday, and we decided to have an impromptu photo shoot. Here are Danner's pictures; I couldn't decide which one I liked best, so I put them all up!

What a happy SEVEN year old!

It's too Darn HOT!

Just to be clear, 100 degrees, in the shade, is too hot. I am no longer acclimated to SoCal temps. And I do not have an air conditioner. I am officially whining.

Homeschooling

We started homeschooling today. I'm exhausted....and the kids want to know why we didn't make play-doh too? After all nobody died, and that was the deal. Oh well, I'm going to bed. Just as soon as I get tomorrow's lessons prepared.