According to Mina

Her school career has started out with a bang. Lots of stories to be told, new friends being made and plenty of things learned. The things learned, is what is so astounding to me. I mean with only a two day a week schedule, and a half day at that, I'm amazed at the things she has learned and remembers.

The Thanksgiving holiday is upon us and of course the kids are all learning about the Pilgrims, the Mayflower, Indians and how they all came to know each other. As well as how they all survived, where and in what the lived. Mina came home one day last week a fountain of knowledge. She just knew everything about the Indians. She explain to me that they all lived it Teepee's that were built, that they had to hunt with bow and arrows for their food, she even knew what a baby Indian was called.

"Mommy, do you know what they call baby Indians?" My reply was, "what?" "They are called a Baboo." Now, I can barely contain my laughter. I asked her if she was sure about that, and of course she was positive because that is was her teacher told her. I explained to her, that I think her teacher may have said Papoose. "Oh yeah, that's right. That's what they are called, a Papoose."

A side note along the same vein. Michael asked at dinner tonight if they had stores to shop in. I told him I knew they didn't have any Supermarkets that's for sure. "OK. What about WalMart?" Please, is there NO end?



"What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset."

-Crowfoot, Blackfoot warrior and orator
1890 (last words)