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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Thursday
Jan192012

World War III

At the start of the school year, I had this brilliant idea to approach history through weapons...to actually capitalize on the boys' interests, ya know? (Yes, I've come to terms with the fact that I have three boys. Boys who are fascinated by weapons and warfare and things that go boom, LOL.) Well. Finally got around to ordering this book and it arrived yesterday. Upon taking it out of the box and presenting it to the boys, I was gifted with the satisfaction of knowing I'm on to something:

They immediately sat around together with that book and proceeded to leaf through it and exclaim about the many weapons they want to read more about. Spent a decent amount of time at it. Warmed my heart. ;) 

And then, they came to "atomic bomb." Micah shouted in delight. The other two stared at him and rebuked him...pointing out that we should *not* like atomic bombs. To this, Micah simply (and immediately) explained that they were going to come in handy for World War III...which, he says, will begin in 2637. Consider yourself forewarned. ;)

Reader Comments (1)

He is too cute!

January 19, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterLisa Swift

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