Apr. 13, 2008 - A little catch up with pics

We are fortunate enough to have Guilford Courthouse National Military Park in our 200 year old city.  It's beautiful and you can learn lots!  Every year they do the re-enactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.  This year was my first time going after living in this city for 20 years.  The boys absolutely loved it!  Here are a few photos I took.  I didn't get any of the living history stuff where they showed daily life back then.  I'll do better next year.

I'm sorry that the pictures are so big but I don't really know how to make them any smaller.  I guess I need to work on that...

The guys in the red coats in the first picture are on our side.  They are the "band" as my sons say.  You can tell the difference in the buttons and I think the collars.  The next picture has the guys dressed as the British soldiers.







Both kids want to participate in this when they get older.  I think they just like the horses, guns and cannons.  We shall see how interested in history they are as they grow.  I wouldn't call myself a history buff but I find learning how people used to live fascinating.

This next one is a statue of General Nathanael Greene.  My Nathaniel thinks it's cool that they have the same name.  They are spelled differently but he doesn't seem to care about that.  :)  The statue is huge too and that is quite impressive to a 4 and 3 year old.




Other things we've been doing include smelling the pretty flowers that have bloomed in our yard.



Learning to pedal.  He couldn't do it last year!  (And some raking of prickly things and leaves.  I'm a procrastinator when it comes to getting those bags to the curb.)


Downhill truck races.  I think Seth won this one, his is already out of the shot!



Flying like an airplane with sounds and all.



And showing me how he feels about the ants that have taken over their favorite dirt spot.



Don't worry son, I'll take care of it soon and you will be free to get as dirty as you please.

Tomorrow we start our new weekly thing.  I found a globe in excellent condition at a thrift store for $5!  We are going to pick a country and learn about the people and animals there and whatever else interests us.  They seem excited about it so we shall see.