Our "week off"

Despite the fact that we don't have classes this week, things have been very busy. In addition to Zoë having art and PE yesterday, we also spent all of the time in between working on art projects. Both Aiden and Zoë completed the math challenge problem, and today we visited the art museum. We were all sadly disappointed with the complete lack of art from Japan. They had two small rooms that were supposed to be dedicated to Japan, but several of the pieces were from China and the ones that were from Japan were mostly modern works of art. Although it was all very beautiful, everyone was sad we didn't get to see any older Japanese art (especially no samurai swords or armor). In order to make the trip have some learning involved we spent some time discussing light sources in paintings, Greek and Egyptian mythology, and architectural differences of houses in the late 1800s America. Of course you can't be that close to the loop and not have lunch at Fitz's. So we headed over there for lunch and a root beer float.

Tomorrow we're spending the day filming the play. Hopefully, I can get it all edited and uploaded by Friday afternoon. They've been working on their lines for the last few days, though I'm sure we'll have to stop the camera a few times.

The kids got to meet their JET teachers last night. Aiden will have Mrs. Battle again (hooray!), and Zoë will be in Ms. Kell's class. Everyone's looking forward to returning to JET. Zoë's first unit will be on power (which fits right in with out unit at home), and Aiden will be having a "left brain luau" with science and math. I'm not sure what that will entail since they're not allowed to cover core material in gifted classes in our state, but I guess we'll see. They're both happy to have some friends from Mystery Camp this summer in their classes too! I'm looking forward to having Fridays to catch up on documentation and housework. Well, maybe not looking forward, but the free time will be appreciated.