Accessories make the outfit

We had our parent-teacher conference for Rebekah today. We got to see some of her school work. On display in the hall were all the jack-o-lanterns the kids made along with their instructions on how to carve a pumpkin. I got a kick out of Rebekah's pumpkin.

Farm Tour

It's time for the farm tour!!
1. Day Spring Farm

2. Donkey Meadows
Have you ever ridden a donkey?

3. Mackintosh fruit and berry farm

Lastly I had a bit of fun photo bombimg all of Emma's pictures.

School Dance

They had a fall dance at school for Rebekah. We made it a daddy-daughter dance so that I could work on my homework. Rebekah had a fun time with her friends.

What does the fox say??

a new road

Looks like we are going to get a new road out front. 

They are almost done with all the heavy equipment in the park. They are just doing landscaping now. 

 See that orange fence? Yeah, we still have a hole in our yard from when they tunneled the electric lines. I think my shrubs are dead now. 

It will be nice when this is all done and things can be quiet again. The last few weeks were hard. They had a steamroller to smooth out the road into the park. It shook the whole house. I couldn't stand the constant vibration and had to find an excuse to go out.

CAR trip to Baltimore

After learning about the CAR National project last month we took a field trip to Baltimore. 

We met at Fort McHenry where the Star-spangled Banner flew over the fort during the War of 1812. If you have not been to see the film at the visitors center...you should go. It is a very moving experience. 

This is an actual bomb that hit Fort McHenry but did not explode. 

Check out the fingerprints from the brick maker.

Then we went to the Flag House where Mary Pickersgill sewed the flag. 

 The flag on the wall shows how big the original flag was. 

I learned something interesting about the flag. The order was for each stripe to be 24 inches wide. However, the wool bunting only came 18 inches wide. So she had to cut and stitch together each stripe to make it 24 inches. That is a lot of sewing. 

Making the grade

They just had the award ceremony for 4th Quarter report cards. Emma made it the whole year with straight A's. Great job!!

Shelburne Glebe

I had a DAR meeting today. We took a tour of the Shelburne Glebe. It's a home built before the American Revolution with beautiful gardens. I enjoyed leaning the history of the home.