Conor is going to tell you about our time off:
One of the things we did on our break was watch the movie "Food, Inc.". It has started me thinking more about our food and where it comes from and what they do to it. I think I would like to try to be vegetarian. It made me think more about what they do to animals, how they feed them, how they make our food.
For Christmas and my birthday I got a Harry Potter Hogwarts game. You have to build the game first-at least 2 ways to get into each classroom- and then play the game. I got lots of Lego for Christmas and have been building lots of things. I also got a water powered engine kit. So far I built a water powered truck with it and a cutting machine, but too much water force exploded the pipe and sprung it open in my face. That was a lesson on the laws of physics-a lesson for me and for the people who built it.
Back to mom:
This week we are starting out slowly since it is my work week, and still recovering from flu. Conor is back to weekly French lessons, this week focusing on the words for weather and ending with a rousing game of hide and seek en francais. We are back to 2 or more aikido classes a week and taking his role as a green belt, or advanced student, very seriously. And this week we will start meeting with friends weekly for a math class with a goal of the Math Olympiad next year.
Despite a week or so down with flu, we had a nice, quiet holiday mainly at home. We watched some good films, read some good books, made good food. Conor expanded his cooking skills from cookies-hazelnut chocolate drop cookies and date and raisin filled cinnamon rolls. We had friends over and got down to Tacoma to see the big train show at the museum of history. It was a memorable and sweet holiday.
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