Wildwoodville 2012

The kids just completed their 6-week Wildwoodville adventure where they were part of a group of kids who ran their own town complete with cinema, bank, store, bakery, cablevision company, art studio and newspaper. The town elected a mayor and then each week the citizens participated in town meetings and ran their respective businesses (including receiving loans from the bank and then repaying the loans at the end of each business day). 

For the second year in a row, Bekah was the proud baker for the town

and Matt was the enthusiastic owner-operator of the town's cinema (here he is victoriously holding up some of his earnings from the day and sucking on a lollipop he just purchased from the store).

On the last day the citizens celebrated with face painting and a town parade!

Ancient Rome

Bekah, Matt, Dane and Levi began their journey back in time to Ancient Rome yesterday at Wildwood.  For the next six weeks they will learn how people lived, ate, fought and learned in Ancient Rome.

Proud bearers of their "Standards" - did you know that during battle the standard of a fallen soldier couldn't fall to the ground with him so those around him had to catch it quickly?

Today I have been hearing random thoughts on Rome ....

"Mommy, did you know that Romans developed pipes for carrying water but they were made out of lead so it poisoned the water?"  They then dragged out one of our history books to show me a picture of an aqueduct.

"Hey, Mommy!  Did you know the Romans had the first shopping mall?"

I'm sure there will be many more interesting tidbits of information during the next few weeks.  Stay tuned!