We've been talking about knights and castles recently. Today we talked about the code of chivalry and I knighted Will after making him promise to keep the code. Then I told him we have to call him Sir William, to which he bashfully replied, "no you don't! I'm not a knight." I told him that there was no difference between what we just did and what knights did and he said that I wasn't a knight or the king. I said, "I'm the Queen!" To which he responded, "No you're not, you're the mom." Fine, he doesn't want to play pretend with me. But the code of chivalry is a really good reminder of all the things we've been trying to teach our kids, especially the parts about exhibiting manners! But there's lots of other good stuff about not taking advantage of people, being loyal and honest, and protecting family and church.
Cheese taste test (out of 9 cheeses the only one they didn't like was mozzarella...they even liked the brie!) from when we talked about France, Versailles, and the fate of King Louis and Marie Antoinette verses the fate of the French peasant Joan of Arc. Ruth decided she'd still rather be a queen and just do a better job of it than Marie!
We had just talked about the vikings and their importance in creating the French and British navies...then what happened to pull into our bay, literally a 5 minute walk from our home? Lady Washington and the Hawaiian Chieftain!
