Sunday after church, the kids and I met up with some of our homeschooled friends at the History Center for its monthly Family Day. We love Family Day. We've only been twice, but we're penciling it into our schedule from now on. My kids love history, as do most kids, and Family Day is FREE!
This month the focus was Gainesville's infamous Tornado of 1936. The kids had a ball. Jordan is especially into tornadoes lately, since he's become fond of The Wizard of Oz. We watched a movie that showed actual footage from this deadly tornado, looked at exhibits, and Shaun even participated in some crafts. I was thrilled about this, as he is like his mama... not crafty or into art at all. But he seemed to have fun making a weather vane and some bamboo wind chimes for our porch.
Rachel the Great and her family joined us on this excursion, and she helped me out by following Jordan around so that I could visit with her mom and watch Shaun being crafty.
The reason I needed someone to follow Jordan around was because he discovered a checker board that was set up in an old fashioned general store exhibit. The problem with this was that he was determined to play checkers but several teen girls were already there in the midst of a game... and they weren't moving for nothin'. Seriously, they stayed put for close to an hour while Jordan hovered around saying things like, "Oh, I just wish I could play that checker game". My youngest child is nothing if not persistent.
And yes, his persistence finally paid off and he was able to play himself in some checkers.
Here are some shots from our day:
Jordan checking out the tornado exhibits. They held his attention for quite a while. Shocking, eh?
Shaun with his weather vane.
Shaun with Keri-lyn and Rhema. Learning about weather.
Gainesville is full of these silly chickens... I just don't understand them.
This month the focus was Gainesville's infamous Tornado of 1936. The kids had a ball. Jordan is especially into tornadoes lately, since he's become fond of The Wizard of Oz. We watched a movie that showed actual footage from this deadly tornado, looked at exhibits, and Shaun even participated in some crafts. I was thrilled about this, as he is like his mama... not crafty or into art at all. But he seemed to have fun making a weather vane and some bamboo wind chimes for our porch.
Rachel the Great and her family joined us on this excursion, and she helped me out by following Jordan around so that I could visit with her mom and watch Shaun being crafty.
The reason I needed someone to follow Jordan around was because he discovered a checker board that was set up in an old fashioned general store exhibit. The problem with this was that he was determined to play checkers but several teen girls were already there in the midst of a game... and they weren't moving for nothin'. Seriously, they stayed put for close to an hour while Jordan hovered around saying things like, "Oh, I just wish I could play that checker game". My youngest child is nothing if not persistent.
And yes, his persistence finally paid off and he was able to play himself in some checkers.
Here are some shots from our day:
Jordan checking out the tornado exhibits. They held his attention for quite a while. Shocking, eh?
Shaun with his weather vane.
Shaun with Keri-lyn and Rhema. Learning about weather.
Gainesville is full of these silly chickens... I just don't understand them. 
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