Games
We've had a lot of fun with Bananagrams (kind of like Scrabble, but everybody builds their own grid at the same time; faster and more fun). The kids have spent a lot of time just building words cooperatively, trying to see if they can use all the tiles.
We also tried out Equate, which is a math version of Scrabble. Fun, but makes your brain work hard if you are playing for points.
We also started playing Outmatched : Ancient History from IEW with the 12+ kids. This was fun too. I've had it for a while, but was confused about the instructions. It made more sense once we actually started playing, and it wasn't hard to figure out.
Other News
And we had a week of below freezing temperatures, along with sleet and snow. We stayed home the entire week. We were more fortunate than most in the Houston area as we lost power for only 2 hours and had no problems with the plumbing. We had planned a week off of school anyway, so the kids played out in the snow. Since all my planned appointments and errands were cancelled because of dangerous travel conditions, I was forced to relax during our school break. I did a lot of reading and sewing.
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