Spring Break Fun

We are in week one of a three week school break! Since Andrew still attends Franklin Academy, we decided to follow their school schedule, which includes a 3 week fall break and 3 week spring break ("modified year round" is what that's called). So when we had to start in mid-July last year, that wasn't so fun, but we are reaping the benefits now. Yesterday we took a children's tour of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. One of the best things about living here is access to the events and facilities of world renown universities. I think the boys expected the tour to be a little ho-hum or boring, but they really enjoyed it. For starters, we saw two Duke basketball players walking to class, which peaked their interest. But then we found the tour interesting on a child's level as well. It was geared for K-5th grade, and the tour guide helped them make up stories to go with each painting or sculpture that they viewed. At the end they got to make their own sculpture. It was both educational and fun. The last picture was from Kite Day at the park in Wake Forest. The homeschool group here set that up and several families showed up with picnic lunches, kites, bubbles etc. Since Papa came with his giant ball of kite string, suffice to say we had the absolute highest flying kite at the outing. As Andrew said "We won!" No, it wasn't a contest. But I find that for boys anything can turn into a competition.