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13 April 2012 Fan Mountain Observatory

Apr 15, 2012

Once again we failed to look through the giant telescope at Fan Mountain Observatory (we goofed and arrived too late), but we did hear a fascinating outdoor presentation on the constellations and got to look through some smaller telescopes, offered by a group of amateur astronomers. We also learned that this year is …

12 April 2012 Drop Everything And Read Day

Apr 13, 2012

Sam didn’t need much convincing to participate immediately in Drop Everything and Read Day.

26 March 2012 Pommes de terre

Mar 27, 2012

Making potato-cress heads in French Club. Yeah, that’s not particularly French, but Sam and I did this craft two years ago in Hove Home Ed and the UK is right next door to France.

29 February 2012 Science Experiment

Mar 1, 2012

With celery! And food coloring! So far the celery is still pale green and not a stunning example of how plants drink.

27 February 2012 Mardi Gras (a little late)

Feb 27, 2012

After a two-month hiatus, French Club is back on. We partied like it was Mardi Gras (which it was, only last week).

23 February 2012 Secrets of the Mummy

Feb 24, 2012

Excellent exhibit and film at the VMFA in Richmond. I don’t want to give too many of the mummy’s secrets away, but the most intriguing one by far was that the mummy in question, a priest named Nesperennub, was buried with a clay bowl stuck to the top of his head.

21 February 2012 First Piano Lesson

Feb 22, 2012

What Sam said when she came out of her first piano lesson: “Mom, can we fast forward to next Tuesday, please?”

14 February 2012 Valentine’s Day at Explorations

Feb 14, 2012

3 February 2012 Artistic Animals

Feb 4, 2012

Art class at CHEC, photo snapped just before I ducked out of the room.

20 January 2012 Loto!

Jan 21, 2012

Sam and Lydia learned to play Loto today, aka French bingo.