Busy

With school coming close to an end (we will be finished by the end of April), we have been staying busy with school work.   We have just been staying home and haven't been anywhere.

We did celebrate my oldest son's birthday this past week.  He turned 10!

My baby girl that is turning one in March wanted to do "school" a few days ago.

And we are just now, almost 6 moths later, getting our roof fixed from the Hurricane Irene damage.  I am happy that it is finally getting done and we can move on and get the house back in order.  

A Month In Photos: January 2012

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A month of field trips!

Wright Brothers Museum

NC Science Museum

NC History Museum

Blackbeard exhibit

NC Aquarium

Recent Field Trips

On Monday January 16, we took advantage of some places offering free admission.  One of the places that had free admission was the North Carolina Aquarium.  We went to the aquarium that is located on Roanoke Island.

The kids loved looking at all of the different sea animals.

Sea Turtle

I think their favorite was the big tank that holds a big shark!

Having fun!

Diver

After we left the aquarium, we headed to Kill Devil Hill to go to the Wright Brother's Memorial. 

All of us

Our last stop was the Currituck Lighthouse, but it is closed during the winter.

It was a fun, but long day!

Changes

I am in the process of changing this blog from a school only blog to an everyday living type of blog. :)

Baking cookies

One day last week, the kids had finished their schoolwork before lunch.  We all decided to make some cookies after lunch.  We made oatmeal butterscotch cookies and Josiah learned that tsp = teaspoon, NOT tablespoon!

Busy!!

Wow, we have had some busy days since I last posted.  The weekend before Veteran's Day, we were able to attend a Veteran's Day parade in our hometown.

Parade 

It was a cold day!

Last weekend, the boys went fishing while the girls did some shopping and played at the park. 

Enjoying a beautiful day at the park 

Picnic lunch

The girls headed back to where the boys were fishing and we were able to see a pod of dolphins right befre we left the pier.  Kevin Jr caught 4 fish, 2 blow-fish and 2 speckled trout.  The speckled trout were too small, so they had to throw those back.  

Dolphins

Field Trip Friday (10/28)

Last Thursday, October 27, we traveled 2 hours south to get to our field trip destination.  My mom was visiting Lake Waccamaw with her church group and wanted us to meet her there for a couple of nights.  We arrived around 8:00 PM on Thursday.  They were enjoying a camp fire and s'mores.  We talked for another hour and decided 9:00 was a good time to settle down and go to bed.  The next day, Friday, we met for breakfast, but split up to do some odd jobs around The Anchorage Camp.  After lunch, we went into town and shopped.  We also visited Lake Waccamaw State Park.  We came back to our room and rested before going to dinner.  After dinner, we were able to enjoy another camp fire.  We said goodnight and my mom and her group headed back to Florida the next day and we headed back to the house.

My girls:

Fire:

Kevin touching the "pet" alligator:

At the state park: