Fall Vacation at Massanutten

We took a fall vacation to Massanutten resort in Virgina. 3 nights and 4 days.
The drive there and back was BEAUTIFUL. We were at the peak of the fall foliage.

Mini golf

Go Karts

Rock Climbing

Top of the mountain!

We took a ski lift to the top

Skate Park.... The kids had a blast, and used RAMPS!

Tiger Cubs!

The kids are now Tiger Cubs.
Well, Brayden is a Tiger Cub, Rylan is a tag-along. He's not yet old enough, but still participates in the activities.

They had a "Rain Gutter Regatta" where they built boats and had a race. The object was to blow air though a straw to get your boat to the end of the gutter.

School updates

Home schooling is coming along well. Rylan finished his pre-K curriculum, and is now working on "Little Lincoln Kindergarten" as well as supplementing with several other materials. Brayden is sailing through his Calvert Kindergarten curriculum as well as the supplements. I am still emphasizing phonics and thinking skills. Rylan is excelling in natural science and reading, Brayden is excelling in math. He is very adept at a fractions leaning toy, so I decided to download him a fractions book and he got every answer correct! Currently we are doing some fall and Thanksgiving activities/lessons.

Here's some recent pics of our archaeological dig form studying prehistoric man and ancient Egypt:

I made this in the morning before they woke up, there was an object in each grid

Also buried was a hard sand pyramid with a sphinx inside, they had to excavate it

We also made a model of the Nile River with a cake pan, foil lined river and grass seed. They flood the Nile to water the fertile crescent. I'll try to get a pic later.

Wizard of Oz

We went to the Palace Theater to see a special 3-D performance of Wizard of Oz.

Brayden's 6th B-day!

So this is old news, but important to share nonetheless!
Brayden turned 6 in September, the day before I tuned 31!
Even more astonishing, we fit *32* people in our little house!

It was very rainy, but the kids had fun playing outside anyway

Brayden's favorite gift was a wet suit and snorkel set. We've used it several times at the Y!

I'll be back soon

I haven't updated recently because my photo software went haywire.
I got some photos accessible now, so I hope to update soon! Wait till you see the boys in their new game jerseys!

A new door!

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