Taking the day off

Or are we?

This morning, the kids wanted to just relax and watch tv. So, I said yes and they watch several episodes of *Les Découvreurs*. They love this series and want the last two. I said we would get them later on. Right now, I want them to enjoy and listen to these two new ones.

After Mathieu went down for his nap, the kids got the monopoly game out and played for a few hours. I have been cleaning the basement and found the game yesterday. They had fun playing and learning the rules, although William often challenged them, lol.

As soon as Mathieu was up from his nap, the kids went to play outside in the snow. They took Mathieu with them. He hated it. Cried and yelled the whole time. By the whole time, I mean about 3 minutes, lol. He was scaring the hald dozen cats we have that hang around the house all the time, hoping to get leftovers. The older kids were very disappointed, they were hoping that he would love playing with the snow with them and could have him go down the little *hill* they made. No such luck, after two slides down, he was done. Zachary and Alexandra were not happy since they had not had a chance to go down the slope with him. Oh well, maybe next time.

Soon, the kids will help me prepare dinner: chicken with mushroom, spinach potatoes, green beans with sesame seeds and cupcakes that the kids will get to frost.

All in all, a good day of learning and having fun. Kids do not have to have books to learn. There really is nothing like hands on learning.