International Feast 2024

One of the purposes of the country essay writing was for each child to learn about their place of origin, and to become aware of the beauty of the various cultures and people that God has created in such an intentional way.

Another purpose was for the children to become more aware of the need for the Gospel of Jesus Christ to be spread amongst the nations of the world. 

My prayer is that our kids will one day become missionaries to these countries!

One of the ways to enjoy a culture is through their foods!

I was afraid that we would not have enough food, but was I wrong!! You parents went all out and brought PLENTY of food for all of us to enjoy. 

Thank you for the time that you spent in research for recipes, staying up late to cook or getting up super early in the morning to prepare, or spending a lot of money ordering food from various restaurants. I know that this was a lot to ask, but the entire school appreciated what you did!

The dessert table was fantastic! My only regret is that I did not take pictures of every dish!! I made that mistake last year, and I did it again this year...I was too busy hosting!

Thank you to all the parents who stayed to serve the food! I really appreciated your help.

The teachers and staff could not stop talking about how delicious everything was! I kept getting compliments for days about how wonderful the feast was, and how impressed they were of the variety and quality of the food.

My daughter and husband were able to come and enjoy the feast with us, so that was very special!

We all agreed that this was the best Social Studies lesson of the year😋!!

In the afternoon, the kids got to have Kona Ice as a reward for passing their AR goal for trimester 3. ALL of our kids passed, so everyone got to enjoy it together!

This was a pretty awesome day! Happy tummies, happy kids!

Riley's Farm: Life in the Colonial Times!

 We rode on our time machine school bus, and when we arrived, we were back in the Colonial Times of our country. 

We were greeted by our hosts, and found out that we were in the Colony of Kent, while the other group was in the Colony of Smithfield. 

Our first stop was the quill and ink station. We all thought it was very cool, but soon realized that we do appreciate our pens and pencils! It was harder than we expected. 

The next station was all about proper manners and etiquette in the 18th century, thanks to George Washington's book, Rules for Civility and Decent Behavior. 

Charlee and Adedamola did a great job showing us how to bow and curtsy properly as a gentleman and a lady. 

Grant and Kora helped demonstrate how to ask a lady to dance in the most polite way. Thank you both for being such good sports about this! 

Then, we got to dip candles in the wax to create our own candles! We were bummed that we only got to dip once or twice because we ran out of time, but it was still fun to experience. 

As we were using the loom to weave yarn (made of sheep's wool), we became very thankful for machinery that can do all this now, and also for just being able to buy a blanket at the store! 

We LOVED feeding the animals!! The piggies did not smell very good, but I thought they were still cute!

Our final station was SO much fun...we got to play with toys made of wood, like the hoop and stick where you roll the hoop using a stick. 

I'm telling you, the kids had an absolute BLAST playing with these 18th century toys and games. See, they don't need electronic devices to have fun! They were completely entertained and content running around outside with these toys. 

At noon, we got to sit down for our picnic lunch. It was so delicious! We were so hungry! 

Thank you so much to our wonderful chaperones for doing an awesome job today! 

I just have to show off the dessert that Mrs. A got for me today at the Riley's Farm Bakery: Apple Dumpling with Caramel Sauce. 

I warmed it up and put a bunch of whipped cream on it. 

OH. MY. WORD.