http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/03/02/reading.for.pizza.ap/index.html
Interesting!
Now I have "Punished by rewards : the trouble with gold stars, incentive plans, A's, praise, and other bribes" by Alfie Kohn on my hold list at the library.
Speaking of which, I have 96 items out from the library and 29 items coming to me on my hold list.
We have a family of readers, can you tell? Also, we have quite a bit of music borrowed at the moment.
I am off to "attack the stack" of books on the night stand.

The noisy production floor!
Originally uploaded by annamaren.

I wish this photo came with some kind of fragrance! Oh, it smelled sooooo good!
There are a heap more photos over on flickr. I posted a bunch so I could print them out for K to write a story about today's adventures.

K makes her chocolate.
Originally uploaded by annamaren.

Today WellSpring had a grand field trip to the factory of Endangered Species Chocolate.
It was such a wonderful tour! The kiddos learned about the production of chocolate, got to make their own chocolate (!!), saw how it was remelted and turned a wide variety of treats, wrapped, packed and shipped all over the world! We also learned about the different animals Endangered Species Chocolate supports. (A asked, and no, dinosaurs are not one of them. Endangered Species Chocolate came along too late to help them I guess.)
It was such a great tour, every employee that the kiddos came across, (even those who were not officially part of the tour) was friendly and greeted the touring kiddos with smiles! It felt so friendly!
So if you are hunting for chocolate, and see Endangered Species, you can pick some up- knowing that it's organic, helps Endangered Species animals, is made by the friendliest staff ever, and IT'S SUPER YUMMY!!

Reburial research
Originally uploaded by annamaren.

Rob started K's obsession with building a pyramid over the weekend with geometry lessons. Now we are pretending to build a pyramid, and we have been talking about the kinds of things one might decide to put in pyramid. We turned to our friend the boy-king Tutankhamun and revisited what they found in his tomb. I think K likes Tut, because he was close to her age when he began his rule as pharaoh. Also he was part of a giant mystery, and K loves a puzzle like that.
So we are wondering if Tutankhamun was buried in today's day and age, what would be the equivalent? What kinds of food would he want for the afterlife? What kinds of jewelry? Maybe a car?
We shall see.

We've had a fun few days..... days of feeling like I am living in Ancient Egypt, as K and L are running around in their Egytian robes. Days of chatting with family - Happy Birthday to my brother Justin!, and of visiting with out of town friends- Glad to see ya 'Becca! A morning! of watching my friend's kiddos while she went in for her ultrasound!
I love these days that seam to run seamlessly in and out of each other. Justin's birthday means that Feb is almost over, and March means spring is right around the corner!
I'm sitting at my computer prepping for another week in Egypt. : )