It's Columbus Day, and also the first day of "Fall Break". When I was a kid, there was no such thing as "Fall Break", and we celebrated Columbus Day at school with a lot of fun activities (mostly in General Music). So, I decided we needed to have a fun "exploring" day to celebrate at home. To start, we had to make telescopes. (All explores have to have telescopes). I let the girls pick the color, and apparently they both have the same favorite color... RED!
Noelle got anxious and tried her telescope out early.
After they dried, we decorated them with stickers (not standard operation for explorers, but definitely added to the fun factor).
Then it was time to go exploring. Since we have already determined that the world was round (thanks to Christopher Columbus)... and the Americas were already discovered (thanks to Christopher Columbus)... we decided to explore the back yard and look for treasure. (This took a little prep work)
Did you know that it is important for explores to where hats and boots? I didn't until today. Thank goodness I have smart girls to set me straight. Here they are, all ready to explore.
Marching around the Samurai...
Over the bridge and down the slide...
Through the tire...
And the tunnels...
And over in the "bear cave"... they found the treasure!
Time to see what's inside...
Snacks! Which are fun to enjoy outside in the beautiful weather.
Especially with an exploring buddy.
As a family, after dinner, we had some more Christopher Columbus fun. Since he traveled here by sea, I decided to make some ice boats and have boat races. It turned into "bumper boats", but was just as fun.
Then we had another treasure hunt, this time with Daddy (who, in my opinion, resembles Gilligan in his very important, necessary, exploration hat). They had their telescopes ready, hats on, boots on... and treasure map in hand. Time to find something good!
Do you see anything, Brandon?
The map took them all over the house, and into almost every room.
Even over mom and dad's bed!
Eventually it took them into Noelle's room... and it was so close.
oh Look!!! Treasure!!!
And what a yummy treasure it was!
Then it was time to go exploring. Since we have already determined that the world was round (thanks to Christopher Columbus)... and the Americas were already discovered (thanks to Christopher Columbus)... we decided to explore the back yard and look for treasure. (This took a little prep work)
Did you know that it is important for explores to where hats and boots? I didn't until today. Thank goodness I have smart girls to set me straight. Here they are, all ready to explore.
Marching around the Samurai...
Over the bridge and down the slide...
Through the tire...
And the tunnels...
And over in the "bear cave"... they found the treasure!
Time to see what's inside...
Snacks! Which are fun to enjoy outside in the beautiful weather.
Especially with an exploring buddy.
As a family, after dinner, we had some more Christopher Columbus fun. Since he traveled here by sea, I decided to make some ice boats and have boat races. It turned into "bumper boats", but was just as fun.
Then we had another treasure hunt, this time with Daddy (who, in my opinion, resembles Gilligan in his very important, necessary, exploration hat). They had their telescopes ready, hats on, boots on... and treasure map in hand. Time to find something good!
Do you see anything, Brandon?
The map took them all over the house, and into almost every room.
Even over mom and dad's bed!
Eventually it took them into Noelle's room... and it was so close.
oh Look!!! Treasure!!!
And what a yummy treasure it was!
In between all these adventures, I told Melanie a little about Christopher Columbus's adventure. She loved hearing the story and had me repeat it several times. I hope the day was memorable for both my girls.
Happy Christopher Columbus Day!
2 comments:
can't get over it! I just love how much fun you have with your girls :)
The question is, what's more awesome: the girls' boots or Brandon's hat?? :)
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