We are working on the continents now in school.  We are reading about each and then reading about a few of the countries on each continent.  We listen to them speaking the language of that country.  Thought about cooking food from the area but have not been able to be that organized about it.  Tho we have only done N America, S America and Australia and other then mexican food which he has had didnt seem to be a need to cook regional foods.  Now we are doing Asia and he has had Chinese food.  Maybe when we do Europe and Africa we can do some cooking.  We are also watching the DVD series, Travel the World by Train.  It is divided by continents so not only does he get to see the trains he can see some of the countries they visit.
I am knitting my 5th pair of socks of the year.  Switching to a couple baby things and then a shawl for a bridal shower that is in less then 2 weeks.  We'll see how that goes.

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