Finally spring!

Spring is finally here in Washington! We've had fabulous 70-80 degree weather all week, and decided to get out and enjoy it.Letterboxing is our favorite outdoor activity, and there were some new boxes to find near Pohick Bay. Even Cleo got to come, and do her favorite thing ever- swim. Ah, nothing says spring like the smell of a wet dog!

I've created a monster!!

I have been making an effort to teach the girls some bare bones domestic skills lately. They are 6 and 9, and well old enough to help with some of this stuff! The problem is...they LOVE it! They jump up and race each other to the laundry room when I announce it is time for "laundry lessons". They wax poetic about learning to do laundry to the pediatrician when asked about home schooling. (That's actually not so funny- could they not mention the ACADEMIC things we do??!!!) And they love, love, love to make meals.
Gryphon can make a few basic things- rice, frozen pizza, salads. So they opened up a restaurant (Restarante de Alaska) and made aprons out of towels. They rolled the napkins into fancy shapes, and laid out every salad dressing we own. They had a *blast*.

Now, of course, they want to cook every night, but...I am getting tired of rice and frozen pizza! I guess its time to teach them how to make something else!

More Regional's fun

After the meet last Sunday, we decided to see some of the sights of southern Virginia on the way home. The girls picked Natural Bridge, fro ma brochure in our hotel lobby.The Natural Bridge is neat, but...not if you've ever been to Utah or Arizona. ; ) Also in the area was a cave, with neat rock formations. We did Geology this year, so I was excited to see the cave with the girls. It had a cool underground lake, which Mark and the girls are standing over in the photo.

George Washington's initials are carved into the rock on the side of the Natural Bridge. You can't see them in this picture, though!

Rowan really, really, really, REALLY wanted to see the Monster Wax Museum also at this tourist trap...um..I mean scenic stop. It was unfortunately closed, and she was crushed. We may have to make a trip back to cheesyville to see it this summer.