Gloups last day was in a land far, far away watching the Osborn Lights

Gloups last day in the USA was in a land far, far away watching the Osborn Lights. We started our day in Epcot with a trip around the world, couple of rides like Space Mountain and Test Track.  Then we made our way to Hollywood Studios where Star Wars and the Osborn lights were our destinations. That right, we visit the new Star Tours where we saw props from the new Star Wars movie, spacecraft models,  and Continue reading

Homeschooling Disney World trip

I have been on a mini vacation from the blog but I wanted to share  are little trip, homeschooling Disney World trip . We went with the Carolina Homeschool group right in the middle of all the crowds. So this actually counted as 9 school days. The girls got to do a behind the scene class at Magic Kingdom and got to see how the ghosts appear in the haunted house. We went to Epcot Continue reading

Can you homeschool at Disney?

Can you homeschool at Disney? The happiest place on earth is one of the most educational parks. The Disney Imagineers work endlessly on making the parks not only fun but educational. Today McKenzey turned 8. So, we went to the happiest place on earth to celebrate her birthday. We visited three parks on Saturday and had a blast First stop, Hollywood Studios Our first park was Hollywood Studio is best known for its thrilling rides, Continue reading

Crocodile carved out of wood

Well, the girls watched our friend carve a crocodile out of wood all day. We watched for a good hour the first time and then 30 minutes for the second and third time.  When we came back to get the final project Mr. Andrew let each girl help carve the new one he was working on and help shine up the one we got.  He only used 2 Wood Carving tools, which was very cool and one paint color.  In Continue reading

New Year Eve – Epcot – Disney World

Can you learn anything at Epcot on New Year’s Eve? Yes, you can learn a lot in Epcot. We watched people; we saw some very cool educational movies about the countries; we went on rides that talked about the country. There is an area about each part of the earth, the land, water, space.  Heck, you are bound to learn something and it’s a lot more fun that sitting in a class room! Here are Mac Continue reading