No Phone, No Internet, No TV

November 15, 2007

Nature Walks, Homemade Pasta & Reading Out Loud

Well the phones and the internet have been pretty spotty since we got here to the KOA (and especially this week), and I have started limiting the amount of TV Abby can watch, so we've had to think of things to do instead. It's definately harder than it sounds! Plus, add in the rain almost every day and the fact that all her campground friends have moved on, and you've got the recipe for LONG days. Yesterday I even found myself hanging out in the campground store answering phones when I wasn't even scheduled to work! I'm so used to having 15 hours of work to do each day that I just don't know what to do with myself. I've thrown myself into the homeschooling, but you really can only read so much on teaching kindergarten and Abby can only spend so much of the day learning new things. Oh, by the way, she's now sounded out and read 5 easy readers by herself. It's still very new, but she is so excited that she can "read"!

The Bee Movie

November 8, 2007

A Surprisingly Educational Film!

I wasn't too thrilled about seeing this movie, but I was pleasantly surprised. Not only was the movie entertaining for both kids and adults, but it was actually very educational. Abby learned all about bees, hives, worker bees, pollination and what would happen if there were no bees (all vegetation dies!) and how things are all tied together. I went onto Scholastic when I got home and got these lessons, if anyone wants to use them- Scholastic Bee Movie Lesson Plans

Washington DC with Friends

November 5, 2007

This is WAY to fun to be school!

The Museum of Natural History, the Art Museum, Jefferson Memorial, feeding the pigeons in the park, Washington Monument, White House, popcorn from a street cart, Reflecting Pool, WWII and Vietnam Memorials, a train ride, Arlington Cemetery, watching the changing of the guard, dinner at a Blues BBQ place on the way home - this was way too much fun to call school!

Eddy, I, and Abby and our friends Rita & Pete and their 7yo twins, Dylan & Christian, took to the city today for a fun, but very educational adventure. We rode the train in (Abby's first train ride - she was so excited), caught the Tourmobile to see some of the sights and explored the rest of the city by foot. Truthfully, I hated the cemetery and the War Memorials, but that's just me. The changing of the guard was really cool though. I had never seen anyone move in such a regimented way. You seriously would have thought that they were mechanical! The rest of everything was great too! I bought Abby a camera a few weeks ago, and she went crazy with it - especially in the Art Museum. It seems she loves art! and I got the chance to see some really famous pieces!

My Movie Premier

November 4, 2007

I got to be in a MOVIE!

So I was just hanging out, working in the store here at the campground, and turns out a film crew is suppose to shoot a horror movie here (because of the Haunted House I guess) and a couple of the actors didn't show so they asked Eddy and Me! I am the barmaid and Eddy plays one of the monsters. You only see his costume, but I got a pretty good part with lines and everything! You just never know what will happen next in around here!