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Actually, we're not quite there. We're more getting Byzantine -- what does that signify? Here's a recent History Notebook entry -- not a lot of substance to the SOTW reading, but we had fun looking up the images to paste in: The Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire is the last remaining part of the Roman Empire. Its capital city was Constantinople. Constantinople was a large beautiful city. They had a huge church called the Hagia Sophia. The city also had fourteen palaces. Three of them were for the people who work for the emperor. The people wear things called togas. They go over your shoulder and have a little belt or rope on your waist. Hmm, my chosen pictures aren't working. Well, close your eyes and imagine a very fancy cathedral and a toga. And one more reading: Beowulf There was a monster called Grendel and it was really really mean. Big warriors ran away from Grendel. Hrothgar was a king that had warriors. The warriors had a hall. The hall had a large fireplace. The warriors slept near the fireplace at night. One night the monster Grendel came and ate a warrior. Then it grabbed fifteen more. The remaining warriors awoke and tried to find Grendel by following the tracks it made. They followed the tracks until they happened upon a large river. The next night, Grendel came again and ate more warriors. The remaining warriors were afraid to fight it. So one day the absolutely positively best warrior in the world came and at night Grendel came and Beowulf did not use his sword but he did yank that mean old Grendels arm off! Oh my gosh he actually did that? Oh my gosh he actually did! And then Grendel went and drowned himself. The end of Grendel. What more do you need to know about Beowulf than that? Other news: Very cold and windy this week, at least compared to last week -- good thing we got in so many field trips. We nixed the art class altogether -- just way too busy around here. She hasn't mentioned it, so I'm glad we aren't spending the big bucks on it. This week's You Know You're a Mom When . . . When you reach in your pocket to get your gloves and instead pull out -- a pair of 3T underpants. |
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