Well I doubt this post will be filled with great wonderfully moving thoughts.  :)  I just had to write a bit about today.  Nothing grand or wonderfully moving happened.  But we did get a major bulk of our work done this morning and finally had time to start reading "The Story of the World, Ancient Times"  I am really excited to be sharing and reading this book with my children.  I also purchased the activity book to go with it and have looked through many of the activites anticipating the chance to do them.  Though I am not shocked at all by my childrens reaction.  My boys only want to play.  So the reading time was very tough on them.  They brought out some lego toys and paid more attention to them than to the reading.  We also started the first activity, the history of my family activity.  My dd was so excited to be able to make a book about her family.  My oldest ds is okay with it, not looking forward to it, but not dreading it.  :)  I am hoping a good story from grandpa in the interviewing section will peak his interests some.  :)  The youngest ds can not write yet on his own, so I am helping him with his if he chooses to do it.  I am not pushing it.  He is only in Kindergarten, I asked him to color his front page and he is working on it.  I told him that when he interviews his family members he can just give them the interview sheet and have them fill it out for him, but that he needs to listen to their stories.  I am really looking forward to hearing what information they get back from family members.

I have a very large extended family and thought about incorporating them in on the project, by sending them an interview page and each child writing a letter to them expressing that they would like them to fill it out and send it back for their family history book.  Hmmm...That idea just came to me, I will have to pass it on to the children. 

The other plans for our day is to finish freezing up some tomatoes and also make another batch of homemade salsa.  :)  I have not found any way to freeze or save it, but If anyone has some suggestions.  I was given the recipe by a hispanic friend and she has never canned or froze it.  I am very tempted to try.  It is all fresh, tomatos, chili's, onions, peppers and cilantro.  It is a wonderful fresh recipe. 

I don't have a great inspiring thing to write about and hope to at some point again, but I just got to thinking about how great this day has been and how wonderful it is that we have chosen to homeschool.  Yesterday afternoon the children all started a lego village and today they have new plans for it.  They spend time together playing nicely during the school year.  The summer months are so hectic and seem filled with other children and mine tend to not get along as well.  But during the school year they all help eachother and spend time together, getting along better than ever.  What a great testimony for our homeschooling.  :)