Focus on Thanksgiving

Today the children were out of school because of some construction they are doing on campus that would have the power out all day.  We took advantage of the free day and that the little boys were at Moms Day Out and headed out to American Village to see their Thanksgiving program.  BB met us and we had a wonderful day!  (Though the wind was blowing like crazy and it got colder as the day went on)





In the Williamsburg Colonial chapel-





Colonel Miles Standish met us and explained why we needed to go to America-







Then he took us aboard the Mayflower and let us in on the terrible conditions!  We even met the woman who gave birth to a son ON the Mayflower- a baby named Oceanus.  :)  He also had us agree to sign the Mayflower Compact.





Then we met our guide who explained the only way to get along in Plymouth is by making friends with the Indians-



So we got some gifts to present to the chief of the Wampanoags with the hopes he would enter into a treaty with us (which he did, of course).  :)  We walked way out into the woods to meet with them.  









Then they had some Colonial games like pumpkin rolling, but we only played a minute and decided to explore things on our own.  We dropped by the museum of miniatures- always a favorite.  





We swung through the Oval Office-







Julia sitting in George Washington's Rising Sun chair from the Continental Congress-



We dropped in the gift shop on the way out and BB got Julia an American flag ring and Marky a signal whistle.  She also got them this book, which Marky read completely on the ride home.  :)



Then we had lunch at a cute bookstore/sandwich shop-



When we got home we worked on our "Thanks" and "Giving" trees where we write the things we are thankful for and things we give to others.  Last night we did a big PURGE where I gave away TONS of the children's clothes and toys.  Julia gave up ALL of her toy castles and most of her stuffed animals and by the end we were trying to talk her into keeping a few things!  That child is not attached to the things of this world.  



This afternoon while Charlie napped we read a few great books-





A sweet day with my angels.  It reminds me of how nice it is to homeschool.  I'm just sayin....