Conejo Valley Homeschoolers has been a blessing to us this year–Tuesday park days (though we haven’t made many since getting Annie) where the kids play and I’ve picked up hundreds of dollars of free used curriculum and talk to other homeschool moms, Wednesday morning classes (most recently, industrial design for Tommy, Zoology for Elizabeth and Susanna, and hand sewing for Elizabeth and Janie), and Thursday field trips (most recently, a dogs exhibit at the CA Science Center). We’ve made lots of new friends, and I feel like the kids are still getting the full, rich homeschool experience, even though I’ve been failing in the fun activities and field trips department myself of late. (Having a toddler with a g-tube who naps just complicates everything!) Today was the big end-of-the-school-year bash, hosted in the Salvation Army camp just up the canyon from us. If you see a hundred people of all ages dressed in togas, it must be a homeschool group, right?
Every activity earned Caesar bucks. Centurions roamed to tax participants, who had to go to the theater to work off their debts if they didn’t have enough money. When the girls realized that their favorite Shakespeare Kids teachers from past CVH classes were the ones running the shows, they voluntarily put themselves in debt for the next two hours. Janie did some bead mosaics and watched two or three productions (one of which starred Elizabeth as Minerva and Susie as Venus!) before getting bold enough to join into the chorus for the last show before dinner. Tommy ran around, playing Olympic games, avoiding the centurions, and generally getting into mischief with his buddies. Dinner in the dining hall was spaghetti and Caesar salad, of course, before we had a dance party, Caesar Says, Roman trivia, and a huge tug-of-war where Elizabeth and Janie’s side, “The Winners,” defeated Tommy and Janie’s side, “Caesar Salad.” We never made it over to the photo booth for a picture before togas starting coming off, though, so we’ll have to re-enact it next year when we go back to studying the ancients again.
We came home tired but happy! Who says homeschoolers aren’t socialized?!
Love the red wig! Looks like a blast. Did you think of Debbie Marshall?
Yes!