Looking forward to the Summer

This is a totally un-baby post. I was just thinking about the fact that the kids have about a month and a half left of school before they are home the summer.  I want the kids to have some enriching experiences and a lot of fun.  I've been looking into unschooling and it sounds like a great way to help them learn and explore without making things so structured that they have no summer. My good friend R is such an inspiration to me in this area. She is a like minded mama of 3 who unschools her handsome boys.

I think that I'd like to explore two themes this summer and have the kids interact with them in a variety of ways.  The first theme would be dinosaurs and I haven't determined the second theme yet. I have all these ideas for how we can learn about dinosaurs in a cross curricular way.  Here are a couple of my current ideas:

• Pangaea maps
• Making fossils
• Zoo trips to learn about the descendants of and modern day relatives of dinosaurs
• Maybe a dinosaur skeleton puzzle, if I could find one
• Museum trips to touch dino stuff
• Music and whatnot
• Dinosaur life cycle tableau replete with dramatic music [I can see my kids doing this with mock seriousness]
• All culminating with a journal of a cavekid. Yes, I know that humans and dinos didn't coexist, but think of the creative writing combined with the practical knowledge. Even Side Salad could do it, albeit a pictorial journal.

Maybe we could even do a joint theme.......hmmmm.....

Any suggestions for the second theme?

Updates! [a long, rambly type post]

It's been a while since I blogged  but I have legitimate reasons:

1. I haven't been blogging because I've been moving!  Yay! We'd been in our apartment for almost 5 years. Now I will be honest, our new home is a bit smaller but it's also cheaper. The kids love their new school.  Their beloved media specialist from their old school is there as are some kids who sometimes attend our

2. I also didn't have internet because we'd just moved.  Now, I've got internet.  Yay for me!

3. I now have a router. I do most of my internet-ing from my room, but the modem is in the living room AKA Kiddie Land.  I got me a router for bout $40 from Best Buy and my house is a wireless zone.

Now I've resolved all these issues :)

Now for the news you were waiting for:

Baby Popcorn is not here yet. 

Today is my original due date. My due date based on the U/S is Sunday. My midwives and I think it might be soon, as early as today or tomorrow, but you never know.

This week, I've done so many fun things. Monday, I went to see the Hunger Games. It was one of the best book-to-movie adaptations EVER!  I loved it. And yes, I did cry when Rue died.  I wasn't the only one.   Tuesday, I took Side Salad to the zoo and out for Chinese. Wednesday, I had my 39 week prenatal visit. I've been walking and drinking my teas. I don't do the castor oil or all that madness so we'll just have to wait it out a bit.  I'll blog more soon.