We Had Fun

So, what I can say about the last several days is that we enjoyed getting together with family.  Generally, Thanksgiving is a two day affair (Thanksgiving and the day after) and we go to Noah's aunt's home in Amherst, MA, which is about 30 or 40 minutes away.  This year, she thought she had to work on Friday (today), so we actually went to her house on Wednesday night for a pre-feast dinner of lasagna.  Then we went back on Thursday for  the actual Thanksgiving get-together.  Today, she found out she did not actually have to work, so she invited us back over for leftovers cleanup and a game.  Whew!

First of all, let me make a correction to my Tuesday the 22nd post.  I said that Freyja read to me from the "Uncle Owl" book, but I was sleepy.  I really meant she read to  me from Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel.  There is another book called Uncle Elephant.  I was seriously falling asleep when I typed the post on that day.  Heh.  I found this PDF with all sorts of activities for Easy Reader books when I was looking for a link to the book.  I think I will read through and see what Freyja might like to do.


Let's see if I remember some of the things the girls did during the last three days.

• Juno finished reading the book Edge Chronicles #3 Midnight Over Sanctaphrax.  Here is a link to a list of all the Edge Chronicles books.  I don't know if they are any good.  Juno likes them.  The  main character seems to be a boy named Twig.
• She also read quite a lot from the book The Name Game: a look behind the labels by Donna M. Jackson.  This was a very entertaining book on unusual names and where names come from.  Very funny! 
• They both did math on Wednesday.  Juno from the 4th grade Calvert Math book and Freyja from some worksheets I have been using up.  One day, all those worksheets will be gone.  Recently, Freyja asked me to make a math worksheet for her by hand.  I said I would, but we have all these other ones to use up.  Incentive for her to work through them.
• Both girls also got out their art kits (they bought these for themselves from BJ's with their birthday money/allowance) and made some art. You will see some of Juno's in this post, but I think Freyja's art was all taken by Grandma Sara.  We were supposed to have her choose some, but we forgot, and it all went home with Grandma.  That's okay.
• Freyja spent a lot of time telling stories to us.  She is a born storyteller and I need to take dictation from her very soon and post a story she makes up.  Very elaborate!
• Juno wrote quite a few poems and did some performing for our relatives of songs she has memorized and one she made up by herself.  I think she was feeling shy, but she got a kick out of the attention.  That is what spurred the creation of all the poems.
• Both girls played Hide-and-Seek with their cousins yesterday and played on the trampoline out back for quite some time today.
• We also played some games!!  We played Clay To Win today, and Fluxx yesterday.  We tried Star Fluxx and Martian Fluxx at our aunt's, but at home we have regular Fluxx and Zombie Fluxx!

Well, that is not everything, but it will show what we were up to.  Catch you on the flip side!