George Washington

Here are some pictures of Austin eating his teething biscuit yesterday. He loves these things but they make the worst mess. I just strip him down and let him go to town right before he gets in the bathtub!

Today Gavin and I started learning about George Washington. We read two books about George Washington, located Virginia on our U.S. map and talked about the American Revolution and what 'America' looked like back then, state-wise. Gavin was very surprised that Washington fought against the Indians and we talked about how Indians were living here and we took the land for farms. Then we read the legend of the cherry tree. Gavin couldn't believe George had a hatchet to play with! When we finished, he glued cherries into his own cherry tree.

Gavin also did a dot-to-dot of a sailboat (George loved to go boating). Then, in honor of Valentine's Day, we looked up Bible verses about love and I wrote them on hearts and Gavin hung the hearts up around the house, mostly on drawers and doors so we can say them when we open them.




Austin helped with the heart project in his own way.