I survived Rock the Rock!

Yes I did!  It’s a minor miracle.  I don’t have all that many pictures because I don’t want to share lots of pictures of other people’s kids and I was working in pre-k.   My big plans of doing some fun-schooling was derailed by sheer exhaustion.

But, the kids did have some fun going on Brain Chase and working on solving everything for that.

We attempted to and failed to launch a rocket.  I have a few theories on why, but not many.  I need to do some research.  The launcher is functioning and it’s getting electricity, so there’s some disconnect between the launcher and the rocket.

We played Civitas card game (affiliate link, it’s only available for pre-order, GET IT!), you’ll be hearing more about that soon, it’s a really fun way to learn how different government styles work.

But really, this week was all about Rock the Rock.  We served at a morning club, and it was hard work.

On Monday we went around inviting kids to come join us at the clubs, which was a lot of fun, and I was so proud of the kids taking the iniviative and talking to people.  Then Tuesday through Friday was the actual clubs and the kids were such a big help.  You can see my boys helping carry the blower to inflate the bouncy house, they helped carry, and move things around.  Princess helped me set-up the Pre-K area.

On the subject of the Pre-K area, so we have set up under a giant live oak tree for the past few years, it’s a great area, it gets shade, there’s a bit of a breeze sometimes, so we set up there again this year.

Then we noticed fire ants all over the place, they were supposed to treat for them, but they didn’t.  So we moved it further away, and set up again.  Then we noticed there were still fire ants crawling all over us, and our materials.  So we LIFTED the pre-k fencing over the kids and then pulled the tarp with all of the toys over there.  It was quite…. interesting.

And a similar thing happened the next day only slightly different location.

We finished up the week over at Summerpfest at my Mom’s church.  It’s a free carnival (with the exception of some food items), and the kids played on bouncy houses, did carnival games, and generally had lots and lots of fun.  They were exhausted by the time I got them home on Friday night.

What I read as I brainlessly stared at the computer this week

• This interesting article on the difference in how corsets are supposed to fit (look at the detailing on how the patterns match on the fabric)
• Okay, honestly I don’t remember much else, but I always find it fun to see what people are reading, and I found the talk about ways corsets fit fascinating.

I will hopefully be less brain dead in the coming week.  I’m gonna skip our constellations week and go straight to a week of Castles and Medeival times because I’m more interested in that, besides I can use one of the activities from our Middle Ages England study to gather materials for constellations week.