Traveling Flats

I've known about The Flat Stanley Project for a while and have finally decided to join in.  I joined the Flat Traveler Homeschool Yahoo Group for resources, ideas, and to hook up with other Flat Traveler Families.  I'm not sure if the girls are old enough to appreciate this now, but I know they will down the road.  My plan is to put together a Flat Traveler (henceforth to be referred to as FT) scrapbook that they'll be able ot browse through and (unknowingly) learn from.  You can click here for more ideas & info on FTs.

I made two FTs:  Flat Ava and Flat Shelby.  Flat Shelby is not pictured, as she's on her way to Israel.  Flat Ava (pictured with not-flat Ava) will be going to visit my ex-SIL in Austria.  Shelby's holding the journal I put together that the hosting family will fill out for us.  In it are questions such as Did anything historically significant happen in your town?  What is your town's food specialty?  and places for the host to draw pictures or place stickers.  My plan is to visit every state and as many countries as possible.  I've made a list of folks I know in differet states & countries and will be hitting them up to host our FTs in the future.  You can send and host as many FTs as you like.  I think 2 out at any given time is plenty.  We are expecting two and I'm thinking that's a good number to have to keep up with...I mean host. 

Playing in Cow Poop is Fun!

The kitchen redo has kept us from pursuing other items of interest. One of them was starting a vegetable garden. After reading Mel Bartholomew's Square Foot Gardening, I decided to give it a try although it was kind of late in the season.

Hubby pouring the ingredients of Mel's Mix

Our big helpers (above).

When we had all the ingredients of Mel's Mix in the van, Shelby (who is very smell conscious) asked, "What is that stinky smell?" I told her it was cow's poop to which she replied, "EEEEEWW!"

Here we all are, mixing the mix per Mel's instructions.

Once it was all mixed and her nose had acclimated to the smell, Shelby announced, "Playing in cow poop is FUN!"

Our Square Foot Garden

Amicalola Falls Camping Trip

3 girls and 3 bearsShelby and her ketchup mustacheAva

Us girls at the falls
Amicalola means "falling waters"

I got teased for insisting we bring

the inflatable mattress. Here's

Delaney enjoying it.

Papa Bear and Baby Bear

Enjoying breakfast al fresco

The other homeschooling families

My family at the falls

425 are SOME of the steps

A member of one of the Yahoo homeschooling groups I belong to organized a group camping trip to Amicalola Falls State Park. Not all the families that signed up went, but we enjoyed our first camping experience nevertheless.