Sam has been learning about monks in early medieval Britain and so this evening we had a “monk’s supper”: lentil soup, bread, cheese and apple. Sam helped make the soup but didn’t find it to her taste. No one should be surprised that she wouldn’t make a good monk 🙂

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Sort of. As soon as the rain turned to snow, the French Club kids ran outside to taste it.

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was played by Sam, in a series of plays the kids put on at the Discovery Museum today.

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Well, pretending qu’il fait froid in French club today.

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Dear mom Thank you very much for showing me how to email you things. It was very kind of you. Meanwhile I will tell you some about comets. Comets are big flying balls of ice and dust. As they get closer to the sun they start to melt by the time they fly past Earth the tails are glowing thease comets are shooting …

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Sam and Benjamin just before they went to their “Moving Through History” class at the Community Homeschool Enrichment Center. Apparently the kids do crafts, make props, and act out stories from the ancient world. Sam had a blast today.

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Apparently Sam was reading a book called Tyrannosaurus Drip.

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Aunt Skip gave Sam the boxed set of the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan for Christmas. Aunt Skip just happens to work with the real Mr. Brunner–the inspiration for Percy’s Latin teacher, who happens to be the centaur Chiron. Mr. Brunner was kind enough to sign Sam’s books. In four days Sam has read the first two …

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*\*Proud Parent Post Alert** Sam participated in her first ever piano recital today at Our Lady of Peace nursing home. She played two songs called “Quiet River” and “What Can I Do.” Playing in public was a major milestone for Sammy. She commented afterward on which kids took a bow after their songs and which kids just …

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