Homeschooler’s shopping list

What is: a hydrangea plant, a Latin dictionary, and ice cream?

A homeschooler’s shopping list on a beautiful day, that’s what.

It was so gorgeous it was hard to stay inside, harder still to sit at a desk. So, as soon as we could (ie; after I wrapped up a long phone call to foggy San Francisco) everyone piled into the car and headed to the locally-run nursery.

We had decided to remove this ugly tree-thing in the front yard which was neglected for a good five years. Maybe if it had been regularly trimmed it may have looked not so bad, but when we decided to yank it out, all that was left to do was argue what to replace it with.

So I got to pick out a hydrangea. They had two kinds – bright red-pink and white. I wanted the PINK, Ron liked the white. We asked the kids:

Sarah: “Don’t care, I’m moving OUUUUT!”
Meaghan: “Mmmm, I like the.. white one.”
Emma: “I like the white one, it’s pretty”

Me: “FINE. We’ll pick the white one.”

Ron: “Happy Mother’s Day?”

The guy watering the plants must have thought we were crazy.

After that, we swung into town and hit up the local Dairy Queen – Sarah’s treat. Finally, we headed out some back roads to the local homeschooling supply place. Now, I forgot the name of the road they are on, and so did Ron, plus we were driving from a different direction – but we still found it fine despite remembering some vague picture of the intersection in our heads.

Then we saw a moose with two calves in the field. Ron not only stopped the car, he turned it around so we could all get a better look.

Finally, once inside Debbie’s place, breathing in the books – THE BOOKS – finding the hefty “pocket size” Latin dictionary Meaghan wanted, we headed home.