Airshow

It is a beautiful day for the last Saturday in August.  Anthony and the kids are with my mom and dad at an airshow at the Hillsdale Airport.  I debated and debated on whether I should try to go with Isaac or not.  He seemed a little sleepy so I did not go, then when he did not go to sleep  upstairs I decided to go as he was upset when they all left without him.  So, we packed up and left only to have him fall asleep by the time that he got to the airport.  We turned around and came back.  I saw a garage sale sign on the way back and stopped.  I really hit the jackpot there.  Not only did I get new clothes for myself, I found 8 or 10 nice and educational books for the kids at only .25 a piece.  So, that was really fun.  I am a little bummed about not going to the air show as I can hear the planes now, but all's well that end's well. I'm glad Anthony and the kids can go.  I'm sure it will be fun and educational for the kids also.

 Sitting in a firetruck.  When we were at the hot air balloon show a month or so ago, Ethan refused to go near the firetruck because, "I don't want it to go 'Whoo-whoo!'"

 Us in front of a F4U Corsair, built in 1947.

The Corsair parking after its acrobatic run, demonstrating wings-up for carrier storage.

In front of it is an F4F Wildcat.  The two did some formation flying together, which is certainly a rare sight.

There were seven AT-6 Texans.  They flew a mock race together, demonstrated some four-plane formation flying, and finally flew the missing man formation while a bugler played Taps.

The kids enjoyed looking at the airplanes and watching them fly, though they were getting tired of the show near the end.  The highlight of the day was the cotton candy, however!

Abigail is off to the dentist right now with Anthony.  Abigail has one small cavity that needs filled.  Isaac is sleeping and Ethan is playing race cars.  Ethan has really been enjoying his Legos the past couple of days and making some pretty elaborate creations.  We are hoping to get some exercise outside this afternoon.  We need to soak up all the sunshine we can before the long, dark winter days.  Abigail discovered through random clicking with the mouse last night that she could draw different colored shapes on the computer with MS Word so she wanted to do that some more today.  She has remember all of the steps of things to click on and it is helping her reading skills as I tell her the name of what she needs to click on and we sound it out and she finds it. So, I guess it is graphic design for kindergarten:)


Since I don't want to leave Isaac out and don't want to make an entry without a picture, I posted a couple pictures of Isaac practicing his cuteness (and walking skills).

This is actually the picture of Abigail with
her yeast experiment. The picture of her silly face is her making a scary face by her dinosaurs.

We have had a good day today.  Busy as always.  Here is a picture of Abigail posing with her yeast experiment. There are also pictures of Abigail and Ethan punching down the bread dough, because we also made bread.  She discovered that the yeast mixed with plain warm water will not bubble, but the yeast mixed with warm water and sugar makes foam and bubbles.  I explained that the sugar is food for the yeast and after the yeast eats it, they give off gas.  I'm not sure if she will remember, but it was fun.

The weather seemed fitting on today, our first official day of school at Plum Castle Academy.  It was quite chilly this morning and I actually saw the first leaves of the season fall to the ground.  It really did feel like an early fall day despite only being August 13th.  We walked to the playground after breakfast to burn some energy before our first schooling session and we definitely needed our jackets.  I wanted to make the first day special for the kids so we ordered a pizza for lunch.  They loved that.  I hope I didn't set expectations too high even though I said it was only for the first day.  We had fun at the playground with Isaac and I playing bad guys trying to catch Abigail and Ethan in the jungle gym castle.  They loved that. 

We worked on the letter I using the word insect during our first session, which was actually over lunch by the time we got to it.  We also studied insects today and their anatomy.  Abigail and Ethan looked for insects outside later today and found a red beetle like bug, which was indeed an insect.  I think Isaac broke one of its legs poor thing. 

It really was a good day.  I think the main thing that happened today was that I entered into their world, which is a really precious and interesting place to be.  I don't want to make predictions for my future days, but I am so glad I have the opportunity to be seeing into and influencing their priceless hearts and minds. 

This is Abigail's picture on her first day of school today in front of the sign that she colored for the school.  I will get Ethan's picture this week too hopefully.  He is a little here, there, and everywhere right now.  He is so full of energy, imagination, enthusiasm, and other unknown adjectives.