A Special Gift

Herb Garden Markers - Homemade! Thank you, Brit!

So I Needed Some Inspiration

Wisdom's Way of Learning, The Underground History of American Education, and Hard Times in Paradise

Ping Party

This is our first official "row" of the new school year. Some of the foods we enjoyed were: egg rolls, chicken fried rice, panda bear gummies, vegetables, Ping's "rice cakes", and pineapples. I am sorry to say that the food was not made from scratch. Along with our food and conversation, we enjoyed a "window view" of Ping on the Yangtze River :)

The best scenery from our trip

Baby Judah

Learning geography

We've read about places in various lessons, but it really made a difference being able to see and drive through some of them. The salt dough maps took on a whole new meaning as well--especially Kansas (I thought of Climbing Kansas Mountains from Five in a Row) as well as the Rocky Mountains!

I got a boost of inspiration for this new school year--much needed!

I know we, as well as most, can't make a habit of traveling, but it would really enhance geography lessons!

Colorado

Just pictures

Road pictures

The sign on the above picture may be hard to read, but I got a kick out of driving by an amazon.com warehouse (which I know a lot of homeschool moms would).

Road trip - our route to Colorado

Tennessee - our starting point
Arkansas
Missouri - saw Rocky Ridge Farm
Kansas - saw the little house on the prairie
Colorado