We have had SO much fun today!!

Maybe we should put off doing geography more often so we can do it all in one day all the time! This has been a blast! We first started out by having them officially sign their passports. I made it seem very official and interrogated them a little. Hey, it's my job to prepare them for the real world, right? (tee hee hee) I asked them how they would be traveling to their next country and Superkid said excitedly "By Plane!!". So, I told them to sit in the waiting room (living room) while I got the plane prepared. I set up chairs for us and made a pretend sound like the engine was starting up. Then I told them that they could board the plane. I made sure they put their seat belts on and told them by law I had to inform them of a few things. I basically said (jokingly) that if this plane goes down there's no hope! ;-) I said the best thing is just to start screaming. Then I started the plane and said it was a little bumpy, pretended to get out of control a little. Superkid said that he forgot his seat belt and started acting crazy. Of course Pickles made sure that he sat back down and settled down. That's my girl. I acted like I was speaking through a speaker set by putting my hand over my mouth and making "kshh" sounds before speaking. At one point I told them that it was time to land but I needed help since it's a small plane and I needed them to put their arms out the windows like an airplane. SO cute! Then with a crash we landed. We had a blast!!



So, from there we went right into our geography study. We looked at the illustrated world atlas and the other atlas, then we "learned the language" - I had the kids guess which color I was saying in Spanish. Even my Pickles was getting into it! Afterword we did the worksheet. Actually I realized that I only copied one and I felt bad because Pickles was really into the whole thing so I couldn't leave her out. SO, I had Superkid do his own page & write the names of the colors down and I let Pickles do the worksheet.



What a great day! Much better than yesterday really. I know God was working in our school yesterday, but I was certainly surprised He was there as I continued to apologize to my children for snapping. I was way too cranky to be a mom yesterday. So, I am thankful for a new day and God's mercy on me.



Here's the outside of their passports:



















Here's the page I had my son do. I'm sorry it's sideways, I still haven't figured out how to switch that.


























And here's the page my daughter did:




















We're having a blast in Mexico! Wish you were here!!