School For Us

We've started working through the book World Book's Childcraft: Shapes & Numbers this week. We are both learning such wonderfu...

Yesterday, we went to a class at HMNS called Cool Chemistry. The kids learned about elements and did several experiments. The experiments w...

Alexandra and I went to see the off-Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast on Saturday. Belle has long been her favorite princess, so t...

In St. Joseph, MO, we visited the Pony Express Museum . Again, the camera wasn't working properly, so unfortunately I don't have pho...

Besides the Truman Presidential Museum, we did the following in Independence last week: rode in a covered wagon pulled by 2 mules throu...

We also went to Union Station in Kansas City. Last year was the first time we'd visited KC and we went to Union Station that time, too....

The first museum we went to while visiting Kansas City this year was the Toy and Miniature Museum . We had never been there and we weren...

While on our vacation last week, one of the places we stopped in Independence, MO was the Truman Museum . We found it kid friendly and I wo...

To finish our study of chocolate, Alexandra and her Nana made chocolate chip cookies from scratch - a rare treat around here! Here are som...

Today was the first time I ever had to have my car towed. I know this isn't exactly "school" related, but Alexandra did get to...