AC and Sam have been doing physics projects and experiments at night. This evening they learned about incline planes and wedges. AC had Sam hammer three different nails: one standard, one blunt, and one chiseled. The idea was to see which one took the most work to drive in and pull out. As expected, the blunt nail came …

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Sam, Grand-mère and I caught a ride with John and Jane to Richmond from our Newport New family gathering. AC had traveled separately the night before so he could play with his soccer team in the semi-finals this morning, and we left my car at Grand-mère’s condo overnight. Good news: AC’s team won and advances to the …

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A guide taught Sam how to make rope at the Indian Village at the Jamestown Settlement. We had a fabulous afternoon learning about the Powhatans and the Jamestown settlers, and touring replicas of the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery.

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Sam and I turn to making our own teas. It’s not a shoppe, really, but if we did have one, I’m confident we would spell it with an “e” on the end.

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As part of our unit on the fall of Rome and the division of the Roman empire into east and west, we played Barbarian tag. The Goths, the Visigoths, and the Ostrogoths eventually “turned” nearly everyone 🙂

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Likely the last warm day of the month.

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Oh, Trader Joe’s, you bake a mean croissant.

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Backyard full of kids post-French Club playing freeze tag. Sam is in there somewhere– maybe in the tree?

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David introduces Sam and AC to bouldering at Moorman’s Rock. I think this was as high as Sam went and that was high enough for her Mama.

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The Red Raptors celebrated a win for the final game of the season. They beat the Teal Tigers 9-3. Sam scored 5 goals.

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