Native American block

Now are into a very fun part of the year, a whole month studying the various first people-stories, culture, art, food, crafts.  We have a few trips coming up to the Duwamish longhouse included.   This week we are reading about the people of the plains and using block crayons to make studies of the grassy plains-and a few leaf rubbings and other fall fun.  It was also fitting that this last Friday was Wilderness Awareness, where the kids came home with great excitement over their firemaking skills.  Sadly for my son, it has been lovely weather and too warm for a fire, that will change too soon!

Conor has also become interested in NaNoWriMo and has set himself a goal of a 1000 word story.  He is already 20% there.  I just set him up with an online journal that he types himself and let him loose. So here is an excerpt:

when i was five i drove to a dog shelter and found a black dog named jack,we let him outside & he was so happy he jumped on my face. then i never looked at him again. yet i still love him, then i met pasco he was laying down and a jug of dirty water lay beside him. "i want him." i said, now he has been with me for three years, but he nearly died when he drank some kind of dirty water. we learned that he was so protective to me that he barked at anyone that came near me,when we took him home and he peed on our armoire was very happy and today (November 2 2010)we went to my mom's appointment, then we went to the nouveau bakery, then we went to the toy store and my mom gave me a book and pencil and told me i could choose five things to have i chose a playmobil dragon's knight playmobil dragon