So Not the Drama

This week we've been studying about apples in our home school curriculum. We made some apple cider one day and yummy apple crisp another day. Today we read a book about Johnny Appleseed. I had told them the story before and I was surprised how much Joshua remembered about him. I guess they're paying more attention than they appear to be. Anyway, after we read the story today, I suggested that the boys act it out. Now, getting them to act out stories is surprisingly not easy. Joshua loves to play imaginatively with his Little Einstein characters, but his play is almost always based (even if loosely) on one of the books or movies he's seen. So, reading a new book one time, then acting it out is not a preferred activity, no matter how much coaxing from Mom. Luke usually just follows Joshua's lead and Joshua seems to not be able to do impromptu acting. It's like he needs to be really familiar with the story before he'll agree to act it out. Sometimes I can talk him into it if I feed the "lines" to him. Apparently today he was okay with it (and maybe the more we try, the more he will be comfortable doing it). So I had them each wear the "pot hat" and carry apples around while we talked through the story. They got into wearing the "pot hat" and wanted to run in to show Daddy. Here are some pictures...