5 more months...

Ok here is the monthly reminder that time is growing short. No I did not forget on Saturday that I needed to send this out... I just decided it would need to be after the weekend since things were running crazy.

This month has been a great month... it all started with L's birthday on the 3rd, then the 4th of July and off to the beach for a week's vacation. I am not going to make this one long to make up for the extra minutes that you burned last month reading my novel.

For the 3rd we went to see the grandparents in Beaumont for L's birthday (see attached photo).

Then we went to the beach for a week you can see our beach "cabin" (attached) and threw in a day at the Schliterbaun for good measure. The day at the Schliterbaun was the most eventful as L and I got separated and that was not a pretty scene. Then that night we went to the beach area in Galveston and ate at Fishtales (where we normally eat). L told me that she was not paying attention when she stepped off the top flight of stairs and tumbled head over heels down one flight of stairs. We ended up in the ER in Galveston, it is still tore up from the hurricane but it is still pretty top rated. She was complaining that her back hurt and she was not walking very well. When we got to the ER she needed a bathroom and since I could not go in there she walked in without too much trouble so we left without seeing anyone... she was fine by the time we got to the ferry.

My brother-in-law and I went fishing the next evening and night. You can see his catch, (Eric by himself), and my catch, (both of us attached too). We caught lots of crabs too. We caught them right where everyone was swimming, nice huh?

Here's to hoping for a nice time tomorrow at Six Flags over Texas...

I have taken a bunch of time off this month and it has been great.

Don't forget that Jesus said we are to be fishers of men... and His birthday is coming up!

TTFN,
KjS

AO4 Shakespeare

School is officially out for the summer!!! I have immediately delved into the coming year with schedules and plans for the fall.

Today Ladybug declared to Daddy "I want to school but Mama doesn't let me!" WHAT?!!! This is the girls who merely days ago finished 1st grade!!! I love it!

Today I am trying to chart our Shakespeare study. Now we've studied Shakespeare for years now, yet this is the first time we will be studying the real in all the old English plays in AO4. How do you study such a creature!?

Generally you read first and watch a movie after. This has been a hard fast rule. Shakespeare is the exception. Now we are looking for approved movies to watch before we head into the plays!! The AO site links a list of movies...

Second we will read Lamb's...Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare is a book Lovebug has read before as we studied plays. Now it will be her into to the real thing.

Extra we will look at a fun book... (at this very moment my girls have swiped my book!!! I'm glad they are eager!!! Yet these books are off limits for now!!!) Williams' Tales from Shakespeare is a cartoon cartoon version of six plays. (She was reading Hamlet!) Another option is the illustrated plays by Bruce Coville.

Third, finally we'll hit the true plays. Right now I'm looking for audio unedited versions of the plays. I've started with Librivox. They have our term 1 play, A Midsummer Night's Dream and I've downloaded it. The other plays for the year are in their work in process. Maybe they will finish before we jump into the real plays.

Forth I understand it is helpful to act out the play!! Where are my other AOers?? We are going to need our own Shakespeare troupe!!! Any takers??? Even if you are not an AOer... want to work on a play??

That sounds to be a far stretch. Time will tell an we'll see how Shakespeare goes. This is my first punt at the playing field. We'll yet see if it is caught!!

Grace!
ss

btw blogging just has not happened!! Birthdays Beach, Anniversary, Plays have yet to hit the blog! Hummmm life goes on!! To catch up... or just get back in stride?? Alas, I know not!