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The other night in the library, when many characters were out of their books enjoying a sojourn in the night air, a crime was committed, grim and grave, right in our own library. As a result his Majesty Henry VIII- that famous monarch from the English history books- has disappeared. Gathered are the characters that were present in the library at the time of the nasty deed. Fortunately Master Sherlock Holmes is here to investigate, so the perpetrator of this heineous crime will no doubt be revealed as the night proceeds.
So began our homeschool night of mystery. With almost 40 people (seven families) involved, we were hosted by the Conways in their beautiful home (big enough for all of us- must be 4000 sq. ft. +). Everyone dressed up and the costumes were fabulous! What fun we had! This was a mix and mingle game, with lots of goodies to nibble on besides, and it was a blast to watch the interaction of all the characters from little Baby Bear (Robin Contos) to Sherlock Homes and Mr. Watson to beautiful Cleopatra to Captain Hook. And my, oh, my, you would never guess who committed the nasty deed!
Great news! The Amazing Map, Dallas' and Greg's movie project, has been approved by the CBE (Calgary Board of Education) and will be included in their recommended products catalogue! Please visit the website to learn more about it and to watch the trailers! moviemakers.ca
Here is Dallas Lammiman, the proud owner of his first officially published work, The Amazing Map! And look at all those boxes... don't you want to buy your own copy?!!
Am I allowed to brag? Guess who I had for lunch today! (Actually, it was really on account of Dallas) None other than the Bluedorn brothers, Hans and Nathaniel! For those of you who don't know, they wrote the books The Fallacy Detective and The Thinking Toolbox, which ironically we have just been reading each morning to start our school time. Wow! Celebrities in my house! Dallas met Nathaniel at the San Antonio Film Festival and then the brothers came to the Banff Film Festival. They are looking into filming a rock climbing documentary. My other piece of exciting news is that Dallas is in Calgary at this minute picking up his now finished and packaged film project, The Amazing Map! ! Next step, selling them!
Dustin is home from four days of living at the Mustard Seed in downtown Calgary as part of his Practical Ministries course at Alberta Bible College. He said it was a very interesting experience. The first thing he did when he got home was to take a shower! The team had to pick out a set of clothes from the donation room at the Seed and wear only them. They slept on the floor at a church. Dustin helped to peel 100 lbs of potatoes for the supper meal at the Seed and washed dishes. One day, the students had to pick bottles and panhandle to get money to feed themselves. Dustin said it was interesting how people would turn away from them or hold their purse close to their body when giving some change. But the street people at the Mustard Seed were friendly and pleased that the students were learning about their way of life. Unfortunately, a virus was going 'round and over half of their group ended up sick and had to return home. Fortunately, Dustin was not one of them. I'm glad my boy had this experience, but I'm also glad to see him home!
It has become a yearly tradition in our homeschool group to hold a Reformation Night party in leu of Halloween. (If you remember your church history, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses of Contention to the door of the Wittenburg Chapel on October 31, 1517, declaring his intolerance of the Roman church's corruption.) However, this year we had to do our party a night early because the church was booked on Wednesday. We began with a pot-luck and then each family ran a booth /game where the kids were rewarded with, of course, candy! This year we focused on reformer Martin Bucer.
