So, in light of the first one, blogging weekly, I am going to get started by backtracking a little bit to try to bring things up to date on this blog.
Art project from Keenan. They had to make a mask; so he made a "death mask".
The week after Bird City we went to visit mom and dad Lerwick in NE and had a great time with cousins...playing etc. We even got to see a soccer game that Kate was in and cheer her on. Then on the way home we had a field trip at the Aquarium in Denver. The kids got to take a "behind the scene's tour" that was really neat. They were able to see the tops of the tanks, what they do to keep the water healthy, where they prepare food for the animals etc. Then we even got to see the divers go in with the sharks!
Kate's Soccer Game
The Aquarium tour
Conner also had the privilege, through school, to do a WWII reenactment in the mountains near Colorado Springs. This was in October and he took his friend Alex along...they had a lot of fun but were not impressed by the MRE (actual meal ready to eat that the US Army gets fed) that they got to try out...in fact I think the term "cat food" may have been used to describe at least one of the dishes. They were "taken in" when they first got there and got their uniforms and paybooks. Then they had about 2.5 hours of education about uniforms, weapons, vehicles etc.
After that they ate their MREs and then it was off to the battlefield. They were divided into 3 groups, the Americans, Germans and Russians. About midway they all had to switch teams and play for the other side of the battle. No one was 100% sure who won these particular battles, but they got to throw smoke bombs, roll around on the ground and hide behind trees so it was all good!
Here are a few of the adults that had a lot of fun educating our kids!
After the "battle" which they thought was great fun
Wow, that looked like it would have been quite interesting! Glad you're blogging again!
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