More benefits of homeschooling!

I love the ability to do things when the crowds aren't present. For example, our Thanksgiving travel always begins on Tuesday (suckers drive on Wednesday), and trips to Target are the best between 8am-10am on Tuedays and Wednesdays. I don't know, maybe I like feeling like we're beating the system. Maybe I just hate people.

It is in this spirit that I report a couple recent outings in our fair city. The other day the kids and I went to the top of the Carew Tower, the tallest building in Cincinnati -- at least until 2011.



I can't believe we've lived in Cincinnati for 7 years and hadn't done this yet. It was the best $3 I've ever spent. The best part? THREE other people up there with us. That and the lack of "haze." I hate that -- it's not "haze," it's pollution! If meteorologists would start calling it what it is, people might be a little more into doing something about it. I digress. The kids had a really good time spotting things and saying things like "Wow, you know Kentucky is close to us, but up here it seems a little too close!"

This is the view north looking toward Clifton.


Today we went to a Reds game. When we decided to homeschool about a year ago, one of the first things I thought was, "We can go to weekday day games." It was as fun as I hoped it would be. We filled our pockets with candy at CVS, bought $1 waters outside the park and had a good time on a beautiful day.


Calvin noticed there weren't many other kids, and then added, "We wouldn't be doing this if we went to regular school!" The Reds lost, but we didn't really care. It was still better than handwriting.