This and that and Flight Museum

We've had a great school week and gotten a lot done.  I have to keep saying- Charlie is the best little student.  He is so diligent.  He gets out his math book and gets straight to work.  Then he moves his little bookmark.   He keeps going from subject to subject.  It's so precious to watch. 

He and Tucker still love puzzles and crafts.  I hate to make them stop their puzzling in the morning, but we have other work to do!

Tucker made a "solar system kite."  He said, "I picture the sun as a firey kite while the planets follow on its tail through the universe..."

They are loving their gymnastics class.  They did the parallel bars on Wednesday.  They were excited because we had just read "Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland" this week and they learned more about parallels.  I love all the Sir Cumference books.

Here are a few pictures from hiking through the woods by our home after a basketball game. 

And Charlie is always snuggling up to someone- if Mommy and Daddy aren't available he goes to a sibling-

By the way, Daddy was in Dallas the past two weeks and got to go to the grassy knoll.  He ran into some conspiracy theorists who explained how it all "really" went down.   :)

Fashionista Holly and her family came and spent the night last night to break their vacation journey.  We had a great time staying up talking and having a donut birthday celebration with their little 8-year-old this morning!

Today we had the best field trip at the Southern Museum of Flight.  We are members there and have been a million times, but we'd never had an official tour.  It made a huge difference.  Our docent was extremely knowledgeable and interesting. 

We started with the Wright Brothers and worked our way through the past century of air travel. 

One of the original Delta crop dusters. 

We learned all about the Tuskegee airmen-

After our thorough tour we went and made model airplanes-

Then we ran around outside flying them-

We ended the day with the older children doing a flight simulator activity on computers with joysticks.  Marc and Julia especially LOVED this and would have stayed all day.  Tucker, Charlie and I and other littles played in the playroom during that time. 

Such a wonderful day- we learned a lot!

Oh, and finally a few quotes to remember:

Marc was out of town on Sunday evening, and I took the children to a Mexican restaurant for dinner. I didn't realize I would be there right when the half time show for the Super Bowl was on with Lady Gaga. 

Charlie:  Mommy!  You can see that girl's bewwy button!!!  She wooks wike she's wearing her underwear!

Tucker waving his hand:  This whole thing is just ridiculous.  :)

Picking them up from their co-op classes-

Mommy:  Charlie, was everyone good for the teachers?

Charlie:  Well, "Buddy" got in trouble because he was just too concerned about Mario. 

Mommy:  How about you- did you get in trouble?

Charlie:  Just a wittle bit.

Mommy:  What did you do?

Charlie:  (Big Sigh...) Oh, it's just a long story.  :)