Ah, so today I am getting together materials for making our renaissance lapbooks. I've printed out pages of pictures that I got off of the internet with Miss Mona (that's Mona Lisa to the rest of us...), David, Renaissance clothing styles, musical instruments, etc. The boys will cut out the pics and put them in their folders as we go over these exciting times in History. I can't wait to see the creative touches that they will add to their books. Ah, I love, love, love history. Are we sure that we have to teach Math also? I could cover so much more history and science if we could just cut out that subject...No? Oh, ok, so we have to teach math too.

I also got our file folders out and folded them and added an extra flap in the back for extras. We haven't done lapbooks in a while so I thought it'd be a nice change for the boys. If you haven't done lapbooks, I highly suggest them, or history notebooks, although we haven't done the latter yet, but it is on my list of things to do when we hit our founding fathers in the 1700's. (We'll see if that actually happens, lol!) My boys are very hands on types, so lapbooks appeal to their tactile learning sides. Ahhhhhh, teaching boys, so much fun!

On another note...I got sent a wonderful quote in an e-mail today:

by Margie Garrison

I am not responsible for what others say or do.
I am only responsible for how I respond to what others do or say.

Tis true, Tis true...this is very Christ-like...He was not responsible for  the awful things that the pharisees and saducees did or said to Him, but He was responsible for how he reacted to their attacks. I  have to watch my own reactions to others, this is an area to grow on! Pray for me!

Well, back to the jungle...a three year old Evie Kanevil (sp?) is riding his motorized motorcycle around my house right now with swords and pistols in his pockets and I must make sure he doesn't knock over anything valuable. (Evel is the one who was Zorro yesterday, his true identity has yet to be revealed, even to me.)

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