Can I just say that I am soooooooo lucky to have found such a wonderful friend, husband, and father to our girls!!

She did it!!

Charleigh has FINALLY learned to ride her bike!!!!  Today she just got on her bike and rode.  I am just soooo proud of her.  I know that now that she knows how she is going to just love it.  Piper has been riding for awhile but each time she is getting better and better at going further.

Aren't they just so
Cute!!!!!

Field Day

On the last day of school the 3rd and 4th graders had a field day. It is different from the field day we had as kids because they just play the games to play. Nobody wins or loses. It is kind of nice not to have to worry about it all the kids are just happy to play nobody is left out.  I have to say I am kind of upset because my battery ran out and I wasn't able to get pictures of everything but Charleigh seemed to have lots of fun. I also had Piper with me for part of the day. I was with another parent at the 50 and 100 yard dash. Kind of funny seems I don't run anyway Piper had so much fun running with the kids. I was very thankful for being able to share the time with Charleigh.

This is Charleigh's classroom. Lets just say the kids were going crazy.

This is Josh. Charleigh has a big crush on him. She thinks he is just sooooooo cute and smart. I wish I could have gotten more pictures maybe next year. They had fun and that is all that counts.

This was the Home of John Dickinson. His father Samuel built it in the late 1700's.  John Dickinson was know for being a signer of the Constitution. He was well known for his politics and also owning the most free slaves here in De.  One of the things the kids did was write with quill pens. They also played two games that the kids played with during that time frame.

Field Trip

Today I was able to go on a field trip with Charleigh's class. We went to the Delaware agriculture museum and the John Dickenson  museum.  It really hot but the kids seemed to have a really good time.

This is a one room school house they moved from somewhere is Delaware. It was for kids in the 1st- 8th grades.The lady talked to the kids about what school was like for kids back in the 1800's. She also talked about the Sears catalog. The kids got to do fake orders Charleigh and her friend ordered fans and harmonicas. Silly girls!!  It was really neat to look around and see all the things that  were from the 1800's. I am very glad that we have schools with more then one room. It was very small. I would have gone crazy. One of the things kids got to do was write on slates.  They thought that was fun.

 Next came the General Store.

 This was an actual store that had been moved. Here they learned about the Barter system. I also learned that during the 1800's that Delaware was the biggest producer of peaches in the US. Who would have thought.

After that we visited the Barber shop. This guys was really neat. His name was John Little Bear.

 He told the kids that barbers didn't only cut hair but they often also were dentist and doctors.  He said that when they were doing surgery they would make a small cut on the wrist to let the fever out in the blood. They would wrap a towel around the wrist and when they are done they would put the towel out on a pole. When the wind would blow the towel  would around it and make it look like a striped pole and that is why barbers use that striped pole as a sign now. Gross!



Next came the Train station.

Our group. They were really good. Our last stop was the farm house.

 Can I just say I am so thankful for modern day appliances. That was a very hard life for a Mom. Well That is it for the 1st stop I will do another post for the 2nd stop.

How does your garden grow?

The Tomatoes, pumpkins, and peas are really starting to grow. The girls are really excited to see how fast they have started to sprout.

Mini Society

This year Charleigh had to come up with her own business for a thing called Mini Society.  They have a village and even make there own money. They can earn money by doing well at school. Charleigh was proud of herself she earned $54.  Students made up their own businesses  Charleigh decided to open a candy shop called Flower power shoppe. We made gumball flowers and chocolate covered marshmallows. Charleigh did a good job!!