Today is the day that Ellie and Lucy Grace go to Mother's Day Out. Which always makes me laugh...because Greg and I say, "You are definitely at a new place in your life when you pay for a babysitter and half of your kids are still with you." Anyway, while I was getting ready for the day my friend, Christi, called. "Hey, are you going to mummify a chicken today?" I'm thinking,"I wasn't planning on it, but I'm open to it." So...I will definitely be posting pictures soon. She got here with her two older children around 10:20 and she taught the history lesson on "Mummies and Pyramids". The kids did their oral narration and writing and then...we "mummified"!!!
The kids, of course, were loving the "gross-ness" of the whole thing...but here's the deal- that chicken is going to be in that baggie for 6 weeks (at Christi's house). I am defenitely taking pics of that! I was so glad that we all got to do that together.
The other thing that I thought was really great was our study of Martin Luther King, Jr. Last night I watched his speech on YouTube. It last about 17 minutes. He is one of the greatest orators in history. I was watching it alone. Greg was at an elder meeting, all of the girls were in bed...and I was sobbing. I obviously have a hard time viewing anything like that with out thinking of the sacrifice that these men and women made...and how it has shaped me and my family. I taught on this lesson and I told them about Emmet Louise Till , Rosa Parks & Dr. King. The kids seemed to listen pretty attentively and then we watched the famous 4 minutes that will forever live, "I have a dream..." and my favorite part, " I have a dream that one day my 4 children will be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
I think that it is amazing that we, me and my children and their friends, can watch Dr. King at the Lincoln Memorial, today, in my living room, on my laptop. What a blessing. These men and women marched and marched and marched...knowing that they could be killed. Luke said, "He had a dream that we could all be friends."
I say with Dr. King, "Now is the time."
It was a very good day.
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That's cool!!! Gives a whole different spin to the movie THE MUMMY!! So, did you use the Egyptian secret blend of herbs and spices when you mummified??
ewwwww...a mummified chicken. I cannot get past that to address all the depth at the end of your post.
a mummified chicken would definitely steer me AWAY from homeschooling!
so, you gonna tell us how to mummify that thing or not? I got some in the freezer. This might be fun.
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