the boys have been asking about visiting their grandma and grandpa lately. so a few weeks ago, rowan called them up and told them that they were on their way. fortunately, he made the plans to visit on the same weekend that our state's homeschooling convention was taking place just half an hour away from grandma and grandpa's house, so we all drove out there last week, dropped the kids off with grandma and grandpa and had ourselves a mini-vacation!
the morning we left for the convention, the weather turned cold and raining. we got lost on the way, but eventually made our way into the exhibit hall, only 20 minutes later than we had intended. we were wet and cold, but excited to get our hands on the curriculum we've been looking at online for the past several months, and find some more fun gadgets to use as teaching tools. for the two days we were there, we walked up and down the aisles several times, chatted to countless moms and dads who are currently home-educating their children, found some really great stuff, walked out of some really bad presentations, but were overall encouraged, overwhelmed, and excited. we've toured a local montessori school and will look into the public kindergarten, and another private one for comparison. so far, homeschooling has been our favorite option (it's FUN!), but we're exhausting all our options while we still can.
here we are filling out the evaluation form:
and getting ready to leave the exhibit hall:
the hotel pool wasn't heated, so we weren't able to enjoy and leisurely swim. instead, we had happy hour and a late dinner in the hotel's elephant and castle pub (fish and chips and bangers and mash).
when we returned home, all giddy to kiss and cuddle our three boys, here was what we were met with:
adam, who could care less that we returned, sawyer, who could care less that we returned, and rowan, who could care less that we returned. they were having way too much fun without us!
we are home now, and it's still raining; still cold. our lettuce is huge so we must harvest most of it this week. as well as finish the garden fence, plant our seeds and start transplanting our tomato plants.
i hope to post our weekly menu later this evening...stay tuned!