Almost Everyone Enjoyed the Weather

We have finally thawed out. Instead of highs in the upper 20s, it was 64 degrees this afternoon. Wow! The kids had fun playing outside, and John went geocaching. I spent the afternoon covered with a blanket feeling yucky. I hope I'm not getting the virus that's going around at school. I got a flu shot last fall, so I think I'm ok there. There is something different going around that causes headache, fever, chills, etc. I do feel a little better tonight; it could just be the vanilla diet coke from Sonic that my sweet husband went to get for me. :)

I have done more reading on Europe in the Middle Ages. I am re-learning parts of history that I haven't studied in almost twenty years. I really enjoyed learning all of this with Susie Stewart at FHS. I'm just trying to figure out how to teach it to my 7th graders. Hands-on activities aren't always easy to plan with names, dates, battles, and so forth. Susan - - if you have any suggestions of stories, videos, picture books, etc. for this unit, please let me know.

I'm including some pictures of the kids playing in the back yard. The boys played football. Samuel was Arkansas, and Jacob was Florida. You'll be happy to know that Arkansas won! Notice that Samuel kicks the ball so hard that his shoe flies off!