As I was getting ready this morning, McKenna started singing "Yankee Doodle Dandy". I didn't even know she knew the words to this song!! =) She is always surprising me with what she remembers and picks up on, without us trying to teach her. I guess it's a good reminder that little eyes and ears are always watching and listening (at least when they want to =) ). Anyway, I thought I would share a video of McKenna singing her song...she cracks me up!! =)
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We, like many of our friends, visited a pumpkin patch recently (I'm ashamed to admit that it was over a week ago, and I'm just now posting about it) =) We had a play date at a local farm called "Strawberry Acres" (apparently they do more than pumpkins =) ) with our new friends (thanks to Annie), Jacklyn, Aidan, and Jana =). It was a pretty chilly day, but we had lots of fun visiting, pumpkin picking, Turbo Tube riding, and animal petting =) We're looking forward to going again sometime, maybe daddy will get to be in on the fun next time =) Enjoy the pics...
Okay, we're sitting at the dinner table tonight, and Caleb says, "How about a little Revolutionary War Trivia". He was actually talking about something he wanted for his birthday, but I thought he wanted to play some Revoluationary War trivia as our discussion over dinner =) So, I start trying to think of anything I could possibly remember (Aaron wasn't home for dinner tonight or we would've been all covered on the subject)!!
Well, Caleb decides to go first..."Here's one for ya" (exact quote), "who commanded the British forces during the Revolutionary War?" Whoa, wait a second, how old are you?? Am I talking to Aaron or Caleb??? So, I stop and think for a second, and gave my correct answer (do you know?? General Cornwallis). I then asked my question, which he got right. Caleb's turn: "Here's one for ya..." (again) "...Who hung the lanterns at the Old North Church?" Now, I really had to stop and think about this one. I guessed Dawes (a name I remembered from reading The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere). He told me that he thought it was Robert Newman (read: "your wrong mom!!") So, I came in to our handy dandy computer encyclopedia and looked it up =). He was right, of course. But there was another man as well, for all of you who just have to know this little piece of trivia. According to Wikipedia, it was Robert Newman who carried one lantern and Captain John Pulling carried the other to signal "two if by sea."
We continued our little trivia game and eventually moved on to the Civil War (I shouldn't have to think this hard over dinner =) ). The best part of all this is not that Caleb is a little Revolutionary War buff like his daddy, or that he even cares about this at his young age, but that he actually stumped daddy on his last question!!! I was relaying all of this to Aaron over the phone tonight, and when I asked him that question about who hung the lanterns, he wasn't sure either! There isn't much that can stump this man, especially when it comes to history, but Caleb did, and we were both proud of him for it! =) We love you Caleb and are very proud of your inquisitive little mind. Always keep learning!!
