Holiday Fun

One of my favorite parts about homeschooling is that we can set the pace of our lives. Some days, we are scientists collecting, visiting museums, and making predictions. Other times, we are bakers or artists or dinner party hosts..or, a combination of all of these throughout the day.

From mid November to New Years, we have a lot of festivities. This year, we spent Thanksgiving with 2 sets of families and then took advantage of many fun holiday events. In addition to the ginger house we built, we enjoyed visiting the many holiday train exhibits around Baltimore. Here's one of our favorites at the Kennelworth mall:

It takes up about half a room and takes about 4 full time people a month of work to assemble. We visit this place every year and love to press the buttons making things work.

We also took advantage of several holiday shows. This month, Jess and I saw the Nutcracker at the Hippodrome. One of our friends was in the show and it was extra special to watch her. We saw "A Christmas Carol" and today, a local marionette show with homemade puppets.

We also love the special time of year visiting friends. While we don't celebrate Christmas, we love seeing all of our friends' trees and their special decorations.

Happy Holidays and a Peaceful New Year to all.