SOOOO glad to be HOME!

We arrived home Sat. night after a long, but enjoyable trip!!
We have since unloaded the u-haul, finished 5 loads of laundry(ugh!) and started to get back into a routine. B started pre-school today. She was so excited. She really enjoys "school" right now. It's fun and the teachers let the kids be kids. The program is very child-led.

It also gives me a chance to focus on A and his HSing projects. Lately we've been reviewing a lot of language and grammar. He read a whole Capt. Underpants book in one sitting! He is SO into his guitar right now too. He practices all the time and asks Rick to teach him new chords. He's so proud of himself when he masters a new song! We are too:)


TRIP UPDATE:
One of the projects we wanted to accomplish during our roadtrip was to document our itinerary. A wanted to keep track of each state we entered and exited, how long it took to get through each state, etc.
So since the trip was too chaotic to actually post every day, here it is now that we've been home for like 2 months!!!! haha

8/17/08 Sun. - 9:15am Left our house in NC
10:00an Entered SC
1:00pm Entered Georgia
4:15pm Entered Alabama
6:30pm Entered Mississippi
9:30pm checked into hotel WOW what a day!!!!Sleep well!

8/18/08 Mon. - 9:15am Checked out of hotel
9:20am crossed the Mississippi River in Louisiana
12:00noon Entered Texas
5:00pm Arrived in Austin to meet with our friend Marcus.
8/19/08 Tues. - Spent the day in Austin TX
Went to see a band with Marcus
9:00pm Left for San Antonio TX
8/20/08 Wed. - Day in San Antonio Tx
Went to our friend John's art gallery
Alamo and Riverwalk then dinner at ChaCha's with John and Yulia.

8/21/08 Thur. - Day playing music at John's house. A & B both had some guitar lessons and John gave each of them one of his paintings!
4:45pm Left San Antonio
11:15pm checked into hotel
8/22/08 Fri. - 9:00am left hotel
10:30am Entered New Mexico
1:30pm Entered Arizona
7:00pm Entered California
9:45pm Arrived at Mom & Dad's in Upland!!!!! YAY we made it!!!!!
8/23/08 Sat. -
8/24/08 Sun. - Taking it EASY!!!! RESTING!!!!
8/25/08 Mon. - DISNEYLAND!!! Our NOT-Back-To-School Celebration!!!
8/27/08 Wed.- Pool Party at Uncle Jim's house. Meet a bunch of new relatives.
8/28/08 Thur.- Visited Auntie Evelyn at her assisted living facility.
8/30/08 Sat. - VENICE BEACH!!! Hollywood, Guitar Center, sightseeing!
8/31/08 Sun. - Went to Grandma Marina's house to meet more new relatives
9/1/08 Mon. - Party at Christopher's house. AWESOME pool with waterslide!!!
9/2/08 Tue. - Hollywood to go see Uncle Sam and have Indian food.
9/4/08 Thur. - Dinner with Nanny and Poppy with Grandma Marina and Great-Grandpa Del!
9/5/08 Fri. - Say goodbye to Nanny and Poppy, left Upland at 12:30pm.
4:30pm entered Arizona
10:30pm checked into hotel
9/6/08 Sat. - Met Great-Grandma Polly for the first time!
We had a cookout.
9/7/08 Sun. - 9:00 left hotel
11:00 entered New Mexico
6:40 entered Colorado
6:45 saw deer eating on the side of the road.
10:00 Arrived at Monique and Christian's
9/8/08 Mon. - Day of resting! Then we went to downtown Colorado Springs.
Monique made dinner
9/9/08 Tues.- Trip to Garden of the Gods and Old Colorado City and out to dinner.
9/10/08 Wed. - Ghost town, wild west museum and panning for GOLD!
Ate Vietmanese food for the first time. Yummy!
9/11/08 Thur. - 9:30am left Co. Springs
12:00noon Entered Kansas
8:45pm entered Missouri
10:30pm checked into hotel.
9/12/08 Fri. - 10:00am left hotel
11:58am saw Gateway Arch
12:00noon entered Illinois
2:25pm entered Indiana
6:30pm entered Ohio
10:30pm checked into hotel and met Ross & Cherie
9/13/08Sat. - 11:30am Brunch with Ross and his family.
1:00pm left Ohio
2:30pm entered West Virginia
5:30pm entered Virginia
6:45pm entered North Carolina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9:30pm ARRIVED HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YAY!!!!!!
Whew!!!!

OK, I also want to write a little bit about the learning that went on during our trip. Of course there really is TOO TOO much to write about, but here is a sampling:
Map Skills
Time Zones
Geography
History
Geneology
Music
Art
Physical Ed.
Reading
Geology
As well as many workbook pages, and journal writing!

The world is our classroom!