Boys with too Much Free Time

See- we actually have studied something for school. The boys have constructed a medieval village and of course, it has been complete with tireless attacks and counter-attacks and wild chases through the house and shouting about unfair tactics.

The boys have spent the last couple weeks trying to construct a Quinzhee back on the creek. Days of shoveling snow off of most of the pond and heaping it into a huge pile, packing it down and hollowing it out have almost paid off. There is enough room inside for 2 boys and one naughty dog. OF course, a simple Quinzhee wasn't enough they had to make it into some devil dog... what could be more fun than entering a bloody mouth of some creature ? ( I know I could think of about a million things :o)

It was so cold out we had to warm up the little guys in the dryer - don't worry we used the gentle cycle

While the boys played in the freezing cold - yes, I did keep them in for the -20 degree days, but not without MUCH whining ( that doesn't include mine) - the little guys plays Chinese Laundry. IT was all fun in games while I ironed until Trace jumped out of the dryer, slammed the door and stood in front of it! He seems so quiet and innocent, but that twinkle in his eye...

We have decided we have joked about it too much, since Saturday , Tom was helping me work through the mountain of laundry that was taking over the sun room and Tian ran in and asked Tom, "Daddy can I do Chinese laundry with you?"

We are trying to finish up the Middle Ages and one of our projects was to make a meal. Okay, so the boys didn't grind wheat with a stone, but the hand grinder gave them an idea of the effort involved especially when they realized that they only ground enough wheat for 2 loaves of bread.

Tian and Trace didn't want to miss out on the fun. So make a note not to eat any whole wheat products at our house for a while. The kids discovered playing in the wheat was quite addictive - they literally could not keep their hands or arms out of it. Don't worry Trace only spit a few of the kernels back in when he realized it wasn't quite as tasty as he imagined.