Littles that are really Bigs

A friend of mine recently reminded me of "The Littles," a favorite cartoon of mine from my younger years.  For me my days are filled with lots of "littles" that I often realize only after reflection at the end of the day are really "bigs."  This week, I received a lot of apples from my grandparents that were perfect for applesauce.  Clara asked if she could mash the apples into sauced by herself.  So she did...for about 2 hours.  What an accomplishment for a 6 year old!

My 2nd "little" that comes to mind after this week was our reading of the "To Be a Princess" book.  It is a collection of stories about princesses and queens from medieval times thru today.  We have just finished reading about Queen Elizabeth I, her sister "Bloody Mary," and Marie Antoinette.  We will be reading about Queen Victoria next.  The kids have become obsessed due to my own obsession with the middle ages recently and have been so curious about the lives of these important women from our history.  They are learning lots of new words, and it was so interesting to hear Simon say "Zoey is MY ally" after hearing so much about the word "ally."  Yes, they have been learning lots of other words and phrases like "beheading" and "the block," and I wonder if I should be reading this to them.  But I have always told myself that if they are interested in something, then we will go with it.  At least we're reading it together???  I'll just focus on the court dresses that we want to make someday...

The last "little" on my mind is how much the kids have learned about the life of a chick in the last 1 1/2 weeks.  They know about what they need to survive, how their digestion works, the food that they like, etc.  This has all led to bug hunts, watching spiders make beautiful webs, following a woodchuck and looking for its home after research on the internet about what to look for (and finding it!).  Animals have very quickly become the center of our life...

 Littles that are really Bigs.  I'm glad I haven't missed these.  I'm sure there is more to come about this...