By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; and by knowledge
the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. ~Proverbs 24:3-4
• Oct. 24, 2009 - State Fair and Pirates and The Flu
Last week the state fair opened and we went on Preview Day. We got the kids wristbands that allowed them unlimited rides, which was a good deal. We usually go with a friend of mine and her daughter. The girls have been friends for over 5 years. We had a great time and yes, we ate some of that yummy fair food!
Mei and her friend Jamie at the fair, waiting in line for the ride wristbands. The girls loved milking the cow. We went back on can day for a few hours and they milked the cow again!
The next day I woke up feeling horrible. I felt even worse when I realized I probably exposed my friends to the flu. Turns out she was already sick, but had just thought it was a head cold. Then James got sick, followed by Mei. Mark waited until Tuesday to get sick. He is missing his Boy Scouts Court of Honor tonight since his fever spiked back up last night. We didn't get tested, so we don't know which flu we had. Paul has escaped so far. We saw him for only a few hours last weekend and he has been hiding in his room this weekend.
Mei got well just in time for me to take her on the field trip to the Pirate Exhibit. Mark had to stay at home. It was pretty cool. Very good mixture of facts and artifacts with interactive items for the kids - like computer quizzes, a cannon game, dress-up clothes, and a pirate play ship. Our state science museum is next to the history museum, so we popped in there for lunch and a quick visit. We decided to go back the week of Thanksgiving and spend a whole day visiting the IMAX, the pirate exhibit, the history museum, and the science museum.
They had many recovered pieces from Queen Anne's Revenge - Blackbeard's ship. They also had a skull that some claim was Blackbeard's. (Sorry no pictures of the skull were allowed.)
Seat of ease - made of lead with a wooden seat cover. This one is collapsed. Wanta guess what this was used for?
In Adventures of Sea & Sky this week, we learned more about what it was like to be a sailor. We also learned about the Egyptians and Phoenician sailors.
The kids enjoyed watching me try to do the sailor dancing. They were laughing too hard to try it much themselves. Yes, Mei wanted to take pictures but since I was still in my nightgown, I refused!
This weekend I plan to pick up the dried beans to make the bean soup the sailors had to eat. We won't make hardtack since we made it back when we studied the pioneers in AS1. We enjoyed trying to remember all the various groups we have studied so far that ate hardtack - sailors, pilgrims, Civil War soldiers, pioneers, and probably escaping slaves. We also wondered how it compared to the elf bread in Lord of the Rings, but decided the elf bread probably tasted a whole lot better!
Mei looking up the signal flags for week 2 of her Captian's Log Notebook.
Mark working on his page;
Yes, we wear our PJs to school most every day. Just one of the many joys of homeschooling.
The girls loved milking the cow. We went back on can day for a few hours and they milked the cow again!
Seat of ease - made of lead with a wooden seat cover. This one is collapsed. Wanta guess what this was used for?
