Italy

On the way to school this morning, Samuel asked if we could take a holiday in Italy. I said I would love to, but we would just have to see. He said "I really want to go to Pompeii and visit Mount Vesuvius". Then Owen added, "if we are going to Italy, I want to go to Rome and see the Colosseum." I added that both would be great, but if we were going to see all the places in Italy that each one of us wanted to see, then we would have to do a lot of driving. Owen says "Mom, I have the perfect idea, when we get to Italy, we can get a Ferrari, because they are Italian and we can get everywhere really fast"!

If Only!!

World Book Day

Today was world book day, and the boys had to dress up as a storybook character. Owen chose Robin Hood and Samuel chose Peter Pan. Both were up bright and early this morning very excited to dress up for school!

In Search of Robin Hood

Unfortunately Mike has had to work away a lot the last several weeks. But we did have the opportunity to go with him over the boys half term break. We stayed in Nottingham. It was pretty relaxing, we had a very nice pool at the hotel, so we hung out there quite a bit, but we did do some exploring as well. And the boys were totally obsessed with everything Robin Hood.

swimming then an afternoon at the park

Statue of Robin Hood, outside the walls of Nottingham Castle

Exploring Sherwood Forest

Major Oak

The boys have found Robin Hood's hideout

We found Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest!

Space Musuem

Jonathan Metzger

The first month of 2012 brought tragedy to a friend of mine. Erica Metzger lost her husband, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Metzger, on January 6th. He died serving his country in Afghanistan. I had the privilege of attending his funeral and spending time with those who knew him best, and although I didn't know him well, I came away knowing that without a doubt he was a true American Hero.