Finally Friday

MEASURING UP: For whatever reason, before 7 this morning, CJ needed to know how many miles it is around the Earth. OK, let's find out.

As one source, we turned to a nice article on Universe Today. There, we learned that the circumference of the Earth is 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 km) at the equator, and that if we were to drive nonstop for 24 hours a day at 100 km an hour, it would take us 17 days to circumnavigate the globe. It would take slightly less time if we were traveling around the globe from pole to pole, as the Earth's circumference isn't quite as great in that direction.

POSTER: Hanging next to our front door is a poster that once hung in Christian's grandparents' house. It depicts a couple dozen men (and one woman) who ruled Denmark, starting with Gorm the Old in 936 and up to Frederik IX who ascended to the throne in 1947. Several of the kings on the poster are named Christian and so CJ (Christian John) is just certain that he is the descendant of these noblemen. Along with that "fact," CJ figures that the Danish throne will someday his to occupy. And he's already making plans for this eventuality.
CJ plans on having "the best sword out of every king of Denmark, even the ones that are not on the poster. I'll find the best one and I'll change the metal to golden." He also plans on having a suit of armor like Christian the IIIs, and has decided he will wear what he's dubbed "the unworn crown" at the bottom of the text on the poster.

Because of his fascination with the poster, we've been learning about Danish history, nobility, and pillaging (the eldest of Gorm the Old's sons was killed while raiding and pillaging in Dublin, Ireland). In case you were wondering, CJ will issue an anti-pillaging proclamation when he assumes the throne.

SUNNY STROLL: We went for a short walk this a.m., which gave us a chance to check on the blackberries in the alley (coming along nicely, thankyouverymuch). And we went down to the mailbox to get rid of a sizable stack of envelopes filled with ticket to the Puyallup Fair. Once again this year I volunteered to be the Seattle Homeschool Group's contact/order taker, placer and filler for the Puyallup Fair's Educational Ticket Program. Based on my experience this year, I think it may be my last year in that role. I'm so glad to have these orders/envelopes out of my house now.NICE NEIGHBOR: On our way back from the mailbox, our neighbor to the north offered the kids some LEGO-like building blocks leftover from their Burning Man LEGO-like truck project. The kids were happy to have them, of course. PAIR OF PLAYDATES: This morning the kids had a friend over to play for a couple of hours and then around 3 this afternoon we went to their house (on the other side of Magnolia) and the kids enjoyed swimming in their nice big in ground pool. It was a fun day - the three kids all got along well and had a good time.

LEFTOVERS: Didn't get around to posting this short video last night. It's of a great fountain at about 4th and Pine. We encountered it between our bus stop and GameWorks yesterday afternoon.

Seems like it was a long week. I'm beat. See y'all Monday.