Reminds me of

Big sister, years ago

Health care bill unit study?

In light of the passing of the health care bill, my daughter (18) has been doing her own research. I tagged along. Here are a few topics:

Powers specified to government
the commerce clause
Sixteenth amendment
Social Security
Barack Obama voting record, as well as some other well known politicians
Fourteenth amendment
looked up of our state representative
Tenth amendment
"separation of church and state"-is this fact or fiction?
Thomas Jefferson and his worldview

We decided that it would take years to study the Constitution, as well as these other topics. We also concluded that there is always more desire to study something when it is more relevant to your own life. There is a lot to learn, this is just a start :)

from Sunday

~And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.

Horehound Candy - A sweet lesson

"Mary licked hers. But Laura bit her stick, and the outside of it came off, crumbly. The inside was hard and clear and dark brown. And it had a rich, brown, tangy taste. Pa said it was horehound candy." ~ On the Banks of Plum Creek

We had just read the chapter talking about this candy. A couple of days later, we found this at Fred's! We liked it! We also looked up information about the herb, horehound. I don't know if this candy is exactly like what Laura and Mary had, but that's okay:)

Words that inspire me

"But Susan Wright only laughed. In the summer she'd pack a picnic lunch and she, the two boys, and little Kate would go and spend a day in the woods. Mrs. Wright knew the name of every bird and she could tell a bird by his song. Wilbur and Orville learned to tell birds too."

"That was another thing about Susan Wright. Most other mothers would have thought that this was foolish talk. Most other mothers would have said, "Oh don't be silly, who ever heard of such nonsense!" But not Susan Wright. She knew that even an eleven-year-old boy can have ideas of his own..."

"Their father encouraged them; he felt that there was something special about these two sons of his. So did Mrs. Wright. When other mothers asked her, "What are the boys doing? We never see them around with our sons," she'd smile a sort of secret smile and say, "Oh, they're puttering around in the barn."

~The Wright Brothers

Boxcar Scene