Mt. Pleasant Classical Academy

Remember the armilladilo birthday cake assembled on Sunday for the Monday Birthday? On Tuesday MilitaryKid suggested that we invite our neighbors to enjoy cake and ice cream with us. He was not referring to inviting neighborhood kids but our retired neighbors; Rich & Maria and Carl & Eileen. Yes, that’s right, he wanted to visit with people 50 to 60 years older than himself. Ahh, the socialization ills of a homeschooled child—LOL!

On Tuesday afternoon MilitaryKid went to R&M’s home and invited them to come by for cake and ice cream in the evening. After dinner he insisted that I not call but that he be allowed to go to their home and let them know that they should come over NOW. When Rich and Maria were here I don’t know what MilitaryKid and Rich discussed since they were in the workshop with the other guys talking while ScienceKid and his Mission Possible partner worked on their SO project. I do know that Rich and MilitaryKid often have lengthy conversations, outiside of Rich’s home, chatting about guns—remember MilitaryKid’s name :-), or music, or the latest garden bugs. Tuesday evening’s visit was a nice visit.

C&E were busy on Tuesday, so yesterday afternoon the scene was repeated again as MilitaryKiid went to their home and asked them to come by. Once here MilitaryKid shared all his Origami treasures with Eileen, showing her how he made a jumping frog, a butterfly, a candy box,….. When I moved our school books from our living room to the school room MilitaryKid had discovered the Easy Origami book kit I purchased several years ago. He had worked through the book, building each object and immediately learning the intricate folding steps. As Eileen and MilitaryKid looked through all his Origami objects, they chatted away; he hearing about a Japanese woman Eileen knew in her college days who could also make Origami objects, and she hearing the names and folding methods being used. How could anyone look at this homeschooling child and think for one moment that homeschooled children are not socialized?

Later in the evening ScienceKid’s Mission Possible partner’s parents and one sibling came by. It was just like a mini-party here with everyone singing Happy Birthday, chatting, visiting and enjoying the evening. After saying good night to our SO friends, ScienceKid saw the clear night sky and took his 10″ scope outside. Eileen joined him there and heard all about clusters, nebulae, galaxies, the planets, and saw the evening treasures. What treasures our neighbors truely are!