Time flies when you are busy learning and playing..

The last 10 days have passed in a blur of home ed, mystery jobs, play dates, ski lessons and parades. Schoolwise things are ticking over and we are both enjoying the work. Math is starting to come easier to sam and he has really been enjoying education city. He has now moved up to year 4 math and english, which isn't bad considering that if he were in school he would be in year 3. He has been fascinated by the election and we have had long discussions about the role of the president and the difference between that way of governing and the parlimentary system here. He is still of the opinion that the obama girls need a pack of dogs, not just one and thinks it should be a mix of akitas, bull mastifs and st. bernards-I hate to think about the mess that a pack like that would create!! He has also decided that he quite likes it when I listen to newstalk radio in the car and is often heard shouting his opinion from the back seat-half the time he is right.

The ski lessons are going well, he has had three now and is discovering that while skiing is fun it is not quite as easy as he thought. He is itching to get out on the big slope but won't be let loose there until he passes this level. He is going again on sat in an effort to get him there before we go skiing for real. Our weekends in december are looking quite busy so he may not get too many more opportunities before xmas.

He marched in his first parade the other weekend. His beaver pack took part in the annual veterans day parade that the town has. He looked so cute, especially as he skipped most of the route! Will post a pick of him in all his glory, there is even a short video if I can figure out how to upload it to flickr.