Homeschool? Fun time? Family time?......YES! All of the above!

For school a few week ago we studied cartography. If you don't  know what that is, it is map making.
We walked around our hometel and made notes about the thing we saw and where we saw them
 then we went back to our room and drew what we remembered. After that we took to the walking
 again and drew as we walked. After we were finished with that we compared our drawings
 and maps to the map that the hotel gave us. The kids did great and had a wonderful time.

P.E or fun pool time what ever you want to call it. We have been lucky enough to take the kids
swimming almost everyday for the last 8-9 months. They have grown leaps and bounds as swimmers.
 At the begging of our adventure Bobby was a very scared swimmer. CJ was not comfortable in the water
and always wore a floating device. Eva was fearless in the water but didn't have the strengthen or skill to
 swim unassisted. Lindy was just a baby floating around in the little baby seat. Now Bobby can swim with
 out fear and even likes to push his limits trying new trick and racing to beat his best time across the pool.
 CJ  now  loves the water, can swim with out a float, and even likes to dive to the bottom to collect toys.
 Eva is still fearless in the water but now I don't have to worry so much because she has built up her stamina
 and can swim across the pool unassisted. Lindy went from the baby float seat to a toddler life jacket
 to arm floats, she loves the water and loves the freedom to kick all over the pool.

After a fun night of trick or treating the Maravilla clan the kids dumped out their buckets and began to sort,
 count and trade their stashes of candy! It was a super fun Halloween.

After we studied about the history of Dia de los Muretos, we headed down to Old Town San Diego
 to go the annual festival. We had a lot of fun and learned a lot too.

Mom and CJ at the festival.

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Sugar candy skulls from the festival.

While in Old Town we stopped by the Mormon Battalion Fort. It is now my favorite church history site!
If you ever come to San Diego don't miss it! After we learned about the Mormon Battalion at the fort we
 went home and studied about it in the Doctrine and Covenants.
 The kids will never forget this history lesson!