Today in History is a great addition to our days...

We use monthly historical events as jumping off points for fun projects, explorations and as inspiration to keep learning. Today was Robert Frost's birthday the well known American poet inspired us to write our own poems as well as read some of his poems and discuss. Sometimes our event involves a lot of work like on pi day when we baked 3 different pies to enjoy as dinner and dessert and sometimes like today it was a short transition from one subject to another in our morning routine. What will you discover and how will you use it with your family? The possibilities are endless.

A new start

Step one decide to start a blog. Step two deliberate for days over a name. Step three set it up and begin. Step four figure out what to post. Uggghhh.
Today was not a typical day in our life, if any of our days as home educators can really be considered typical, but today was papa's birthday which to kids means national holiday. So it was sleeping in and whipping up some birthday breakfast then papa and the kids ventured out to see the cyclists whiz by for the Redlands Bike Classic which had a race route in our neighborhood this year. The kids were impressed at the speed and compact form the racers maintained and thought it was funny when they tossed their water bottles aside.
To complete the birthday boy's wishes we had delicious In n Out for dinner yumm!
It's downstairs for a movie before bedtime and soccer tomorrow.