Saturday, November 28, 2015

Ah, Thanksgiving.


Lots of talking,


walking in the rain,


handwork by the fire,


fog on the windows.


After the food storm, Daisy designed a coat of arms complete with Latin motto for each of the pets and for the family*


and we played a lot of cards and did a lot of puzzles,


and I made soup.

*Our current family motto: "In toto, dictio" (In everything, discussion)
Fitzwilliam: "Amplitudo Sempternum" (Eternal width, dignity, greatness, and grandeur)
Bonnie the lame goat: Festina lente (Make haste slowly)
Sister: "Comam confluctuo" (I wave my plume)

6 comments:

  1. Look at those poker faces! Do you use a curriculum for Latin or has Daisy learned by immersion ;) I would be interested to hear what you use. Her command is *far* better than my 10 year old's.

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  2. How nice to see the boys again! I love the pic of Bella congratulating Grandpa's hand -- and the sneaky shot of the Composer.

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  3. No, no, Rhonda, she just thought of what she wanted to say and we translated it with the help of the internet :)

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    1. Got it, thanks! They are very clever mottos!

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  4. Those are great mottoes--very clever. Nice job, Daisy!! I used to have a book (when I was a Latin student in high school) that contained all sorts of hilarious Latin phrases--Amo, Amas, Amat and More, I think, was the title. I believe my sister absconded with it years ago. I realize this is nerd humor of the highest order, but it was so much fun. (Along the same lines of The Superior Person's Book of Words, which I have on lockdown so no siblings can take it away from me.)

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