I {Heart}...

Downton Abbey

I took the kids to the library last week and to my delight, they had the first season of 'Downton Abbey.'  I've been wanting to watch it since I've caught the random episode here & there. 

I'm only on episode 4 of season one but I'm completely hooked!  It's way better than the sci-fi shows I've watched with a certain member of my family...

I'm loving:

The Countess of Grantham - Cora Crawley

I love everything about her - she's classy, tactful, proper, modest, quite & soft spoken, a lady.  All things that seem to be lost in our society today.

Mrs. Patmore - The Head Cook

The things that come out of this lady's mouth is hilarious!  She has to constantly stay on Daisy -who is dreamy and tends to wander.  I always love when she's yelling for Daisy to get back to work.

I'm Disliking (because hate isn't a nice word is it?):

Thomas - the Footman 

Oh he's so obnoxious!  And I hate that smug look that he always has.  Never mind the fact that he's always causing trouble.

Ms. O'Brien

I liked her well enough until the typewriter incident.  Just watch it and you'll see...  She and Thomas are always collaborating to get Bates fired and he does a better job than the two of them combined.  Seriously, you just have to watch it to understand.

Columbus

Last week we spent the week learning about Christopher Columbus and his trip to the America's.  Hannah was very interested but I was thinking 'Why do we celebrate Columbus Day when he didn't even set foot in the United States?'  Regardless, we had fun last week and ended our lesson by making three boats and "sailing" them across the "Atlantic" (our bathtub.)

Poor kids...my boat making skills are dismal indeed but they had fun nonetheless. 

 It looks like it says 'Sista' but it says Pinta.

 The three ships set sail.

 Even Amos joins in the fun.

 Thankfully the real Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria didn't sink like our poor little ships did.  Amos decided to throw some "obstacles" into the mix.