This year we have had to do spring break a little different since we’re officially on “Stay home stay safe” orders. One thing for sure is that we are happy for the break from home school and ready to do something new. So we decided to take a cruise around the world!
First stop? Chicago!!
We were so excited to learn all about this great city and do some typical Chicago things together. We played a game about the “Windy City”, drove downtown and sketched the Salt Lake City skyline and compared it to Chicago’s skyline, ate Chicago style pizza, watched Angels in the Outfield and learned all about baseball and had Chicago dogs for dinner. It was so fun! We learned some new things and had a great time just getting ourselves out of the house. Can’t wait to see where we stop tomorrow!
Next stop was Mexico City! We loved learning about the ancient pyramids, seeing all the bright colors around the city and enjoyed delicious mexican food (quasadillas and fresh fruit). We built our own pyramid to play in and watched The Book of Life together. Such a fun city to learn about and now we all want to go visit someday for real!
Paris was next in line and this was a definite favorite! We learned all about the big, beautiful city that Paris is and all the cool architecture that is super famous. We studied about the food, the people, the language and the geography - then took a little stroll along the Seine ourselves (we walked along the Jordan River Parkway and pretended to be in the romantic city of Paris!) The best thing we did was stopped along the river and painted just like all the painters in Paris do. It. Was. So. Fun! We had a blast just sitting there enjoying the gorgeous day and painting whatever we wanted. Here's a sample of some of our favorites. After our walk along the Seine, we watched The Hunchback of Notre Dame together to finish off our fun day in Paris!
Our next stop was Hawaii and a definite fan favorite! What's not to love about a tropical paradise? We made fruit smoothies, hiked to a waterfall, watched Moana, and ate kalua pork and rice for dinner. Finishing the night off with a trip to the hot tub was a must. We LOVED being in Hawaii for a day!
It's hard to imagine that some other place might be better than any of the other places we visited this week. But the final stop on our cruise was amazing - Fantasy Island. All things good happen on this island and we partook of all of the goodness! We had candy for breakfast, played games all morning, took a trip to the gas station for soda and dessert and played Nintendo for the rest of the night. What could be better?! This night was fortunately a night off for the parents, so the kids got to play at Fantasy Island while Josh and I took a much needed night out! Win win for everyone!
We had THE BEST week on our Corona Cruise and learned so much about all the different cities we were able to visit. Can't wait to see what next year brings!å
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