December has been filled with a LOT of activities, including…. Our base tree lighting, where we had fun with our Band friends and visited more friends afterward for hot chocolate and laughter. Ashton worked for a…
For our Thanksgiving weekend, we flew (with Matt this time!!!) to Warsaw, Poland. Matt had been to Krakow and loved it, and the flights and price worked out to check out Warsaw for 4 days. We had a…
November was a very busy month here! Matt and I went on a couple of dates and I had weekly dates with kids, there was a Boy Scout camp and volunteer opportunity for Cedar, and a rained-out crazy…
I am so lucky! I decided to be a groupie, leave the kids at home, and follow the Rock Band up to their gig in Umbria. I knew I was going to be able to spend the night…
For field trip day, the kids and I started off at Starita Pizza in downtown Naples. It was very good, and a really neat building as well: So many of the buildings in Italy and other countries look…
For our weekly field trip day, the kids and I went up the cable car to the top of Monte Faito and walked through the trees. It was cool, fresh, and very much autumn up there. Addie LOVED…
A field trip to a lovely Neopolitan park (Capodimonte), dinner and board game friends, a Boy Scouts accomplishment for Cedar, a bowling date, Halloween, and Addie’s 7th birthday. For Halloween, first we had our Italian friends come over…
Yesterday was one of my very favorite days since we’ve been here. We headed out of Naples into the mountains to a little village called Castelcivita. First we toured an underground cave system with mind-blowing, imagination-invoking ancient stalactites…
The kids and I have a weekly “field trip” day in our homeschool schedule, in an effort to spend more time experiencing this amazing place we inhabit. Last week we went to Vietri Sul Mare, a little town…