Columbus Day

First fall fire in the woodstove.

Feeling refreshed from an adult weekend away...in the Big Apple again.  Love!

A clean house, newly-learned guitar tunes, honed chess-playing skills, and 3 sets of stripey-cool painted nails, all because of some wonderfully talented babysitters.  Thanks, friends!!

Our very own reenactment of the Columbus story, dress-ups and all.

Taylor playing a mule, carrying sword-wielding Sarah as Christopher himself.  King Ferdinand (Romney) insisting on wearing a Darth Vader mask.

Older brothers pointing out countries and continents for little siblings on the map and globes.  (Wall map above from IKEA, butterfly chair from Urban Outfitters, pillow from World Market.  Basement redo still coming along...slowly!)

Listening to the children's recitation of a classic Christopher Columbus poem, and seeing even the younger ones work hard to memorize it in time for Family Home Evening.

Revisiting excerpts from Mary Poppins, Grimm's Fairy Tales, and Peter Rabbit during writing and grammar lessons.  And three little girls begging me to read the "real story" to them all day long.

Opening up a recently-arrived box of new math books, and the buzz of excitement that comes with anything new.  Just what we needed.

This quote:  "It was the Lord who put into my mind (I could feel His hand upon me) the fact that it would be possible to sail from here to the Indies.  All who heard of my project rejected it with laughter, ridiculing me.  There is no question that the inspiration was from the Holy Spirit, because He comforted me with rays of marvelous inspiration from the Holy Scriptures." --Christopher Columbus, Book of Prophecies.


Hope your holiday was great!