Assignment: Share a field trip/lifestyle learning experience where you really felt you were bringing good things to life for your children, where something came alive for them, or ignited a passion.

We really don't have the opportunity to do many field trips, and with our schedules right now we are just doing the basics and anticipating the safe arival home from Iraq of our second son.

Our local homeschool group does do several things though and we have in the past been able to join in.  One of the things we like to do is get all gussied up and head on over to the Perot.  A theatre in town that opened as a movie theater, but now is a live stage.  We have seen several plays there, and I even drug my husband to see Fiddler On The Roof (my fav) and he loved it too.  My daughter loves everything about going to the Perot, but my son is a little reluctant.  Every now and then we catch one he likes, but for the most part he is along for the ride.  His 2 favorites were Island of the Blue Dolphin and Tom Sawyer (of course).  However, I know I have reached him with the "you need a little dose of culture" because when I mention we are going to the Perot, he checks his wardrobe the night before, asks for a shirt to be run through the dryer or ironed if it is too bad, and when dressing for the show, he dresses in his church clothes.  All this without being asked, I hope some young lady appreciates this one day.  My daughter, well she is 10 and if she had a formal and a faux fur (fake fur) that is what she would be wearing, tiarra included.  Just something we do, to get gussied up and "get some culture".

Valerie

I am sorry, I do not have a picture to share this week, my scanner is not compatable with my computer, even though they are the same brand, and our only camera is on my laptop, so we have no current gussied up pics.