Every year, I take a new picture of the kids around their birthdays to document their new age and to preserve them for display on my mantle until the next year rolls around. Since we moved here over a year ago, the showcase has moved from the mantle (not big enough to hold them all) to the tops of the bookshelves we have in the hall. Because they're higher up on the shelves, and not as in-your-face-noticeable, they've been a little neglected this past year, and today I decided to change that!
I finally got around to taking most of the pictures this past weekend and then printed them out today. And even though some of them are WAY past their birthday {Sophie's was in February}, I'm still glad I've got SOMETHING in there to document another year. My favorite thing about putting in the new pictures every year is looking through all the old ones that are still right there in the frame behind the current one. Especially with the older kids, it's sweet to look back and remember how little and adorable they all once were, and realize that in just a few short years I'll look back on THIS year's picture and think the very same thing. :)
And to close on a completely unrelated tangent, I'd like to address the TRAVESTY that was Ethan's 5th grade Social Studies experience. He never did a state report last year!!!! Isn't 5th grade supposed to be the year where the curriculum is U.S. History and everyone gets to pick a state for a project and a report??? Come on, now -- that's a rite of passage! To rectify this, and ensure that all the kids get to experience some kind of State Report magic, I asked them all to choose a state to learn more about and this is what I capturedt:
Ethan, who -- for the record -- couldn't care less and didn't want to have anything to do with this crazy idea of mine finally chose something "random" in his words; Grace claims she's just interested in too many states and chose 6; Sophie quickly followed suit; Jane doesn't really know a whole lot of states; and Alex only cares about superheroes. So, this is what we've got:
- Arizona
- Alabama
- Minnesota
- Georgia
- Michigan
- Nevada
- Massachusetts
- New York
- Washington
- Utah
- Connecticut
- Alaska
- Hawaii
- Ohio
- Louisana
- California
And on that note, I'll say goodnight! I've got another race on Saturday morning, and I think TONIGHT is the sleep that will be the most important. Because chances are high that tomorrow night will be a lot more difficult to catch some zzzzzz's. :)
4 comments:
If only someone had chosen Virginia. I spent eight years there as a child and experienced so much history there. The year we studied Virginia in social studies, I thought everyone in the country must be learning about Virginia since Virginia seemed to be where so much of our country's history happened. If you are ever looking for a great family vacation, go visit Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, Monticello, etc. Nothing quite like Indepenence day in Yorktown!
Regarding Massachusetts, here's an interesting tidbit from my Macy family history. The first Macy to live in this country was William Macy, early 18th century. In Massachusetts, there were laws discriminating against Quakers at the time, but William took pity on some Quakers and hid them in his home. When discovered, he was taken to court and found guilty for helping Quakers. He decided he did not want to live with such discrimination, and he and a few other families fled to Nantucket Island, becoming the the first people of European descent to settle Nantucket island. He made a well-to-do living as a whaler and became a Quaker himself.
No Florida?!?! The Sunshine State?!?! Well . . . that's ok. Haha. What a cool idea!
Georgia- the state capital dome is covered in real gold. The plaques around the capital building still say, "the war of northern aggression".
Alabama- largest city, Birmingham, was built after the civil war. Called the magic city because it popped up overnight as a result of the steel industry. University of alabama has the most collegiate national football championships at 15.
Home of hugo black and Condoleezza rice.
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