Oh Captain, Our Captain!

We went on a voyage today and circumnavigated the world and many continents with explorers from many different lands and cultures. Some of these dynamic explorers we were introduced to were Captain Matthew Flinders, Sir Frances Drake, Ferdinand Magellan, Captain James Cook, Henry Hudson, Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, and Alexander Mackenzie…just to mention a few. We had a very good day and are extremely weary from our adventures.

We are so thankful that one of these explorers Captain Matthew Flinders is our son, Matthew. He is posed here with two of his explorer mates from school, Danner and Robin. Matthew is in fifth grade at CMIS. They have been studying explorers and learning about speech making. The teacher informed us that the kids will be doing a new speech every three weeks for the rest of the year. At this rate, they should all be ready to be the next diplomats of the United Nations representing a plethora of countries. What a great experience this was for the kids. The food was great too at the end. Because Matthew Flinders explored Australia, I made ANZAC Biscuits in his honor. Another mother made a Korean version of sushi which was delicious. We had some sticky rice and chicken too which is a lovely Thai dish especially if you have a bit of spice to go with it.

Well done 5B…Great work to you all!!! And we are so proud of Matthew!