The title reflects one of my favorite lines from Shakespeare. When Hamlet is asked what he is reading that is his answer. Well yesterday I took a trip to my favorite place. The Library. Some people must have thought I was insane as I left there with about 20 books. Yep that is right 20. I am preparing for a Unit Study on Thanksgiving. I had books on crafts and recipes. Books on Colonial life and Pilgrims. And books on Virtues. I always go a bit overboard. I take home every book on a subject then decide weather or not they are useful to me and then take back what I don't need.

As I sat there looking at my huge pile of books I had just put away I remembered my dad's advice to me when I was growing up. (My dad who went to 6 years of school because he couldn't decide what he wanted to be when he grew up,routinely kicks my butt at Jeopardy,can never answer a yes or no question with just a yes or no, and who taught himself how to  ski and many other things by reading a book about it.) He always told me that you don't have to know all the answers as long as you know where to find the answer. I am a hands on learner. I can't learn anything without just doing it. Trial and error are my teacher. I have always been amazed by this man who could just read a book about something and then go do it. I have to say though that I believe some of my love for learning and books and reading came from him. Which is why I think I had the confidence to homeschool my children. I took to heart what he told me. I knew that I didn't have to have all the answers because I knew I could always find them. Now whenever Tristan asks me a question that I don't know I respond the way my dad did to me when he didn't know(which was rare by the way) "I don't know. Lets look it up."  I hope that I can instill the love for learning and reading and books that I received from my father into my children.

Thanks dad.