Roswell, NM - The Alien City

Roswell, NM is well known for its "alien sighting" back in 1947. There are alien statues all over the city, and there is an Alien Museum, and alien souvinear stores all over the place in that city. So, while we were so close, we took a trip up there, just to say we'd "been there and saw it" We even ate lunch in a McDonalds shaped like a flying saucer!

Our "30 homeschool points" Fun Days #2

And here is the 2nd fun day... we went to a park, fed the geese, went to the desert zoo, and went for a peddleboat ride - all in Carlsbad, NM.

Our "30 homeschool points" Fun Days #1

Not sure if I wrote about this before, but we heard about a fun way for the kids to work for "points" for a fun day off school and decided to try it. It really helped the attitude towards school and gave them incentive to get their work done. Each day they could earn up to 3 points... one for completion of all worked planned for the day, one point for neatness in writing (otherwise I could hardly read some of the writing - they were just trying to get it done fast) and one point for good attitude towards school and not complaining that they didn't want to this or that. Every 30 points (about 2 weeks, or a few days more) we would take a day off school and do something fun, of their choice. Amazing how that little incentive worked!! Here are some pics of the first fun day... We went to the riverwalk in Carlsbad, went for a walk/bike ride, played at the huge playground, and played in the water.

What we spend our days doing

We sure do stay busy... here are the things I have taken time to capture in a picture. The latest game is called "playing bags" :) It is usually very windy here. They take a Walmart bag out into the wind, and let the wind carry it and chase it. Love their imagination! Will have to try and get a pic of that one before we leave.


Riding bikes, although it is not a good place to bike - we have replaced 3 inner tubes so far - too many cactus prickys!


Putting rocks on the chain and spinning the peddles to watch the rocks fly off the other end :)


Doing puzzles - looks like Sammy is trying to help in this one!


That Cinderella one is 300 pieces! Thats the biggest they have ever done, and they did it all on their own.




Making things with clay. this one is a cup, blueberries, peas, corn, jelly beans and a bird sitting on a nest

Typical Landscape where we are

I understand that the landscaping varies alot in NM, but this is what we see where we are at..


I believe these are called yuccas


Prickly pear cactus


And typical roadside view. If we were to live here, I think I would get... whatever you would call the opposite of claustrofobic :) No much for trees thats for sure!

Who says school has to be done at a desk?

Another fun way to make homeschool interesting.... we do it in different locations. Library, RV, park, even at McDonalds. Of couse there is playing time there when school work is done.

Our "home" in New Mexico

Its hard to believe that we only have a few days left here! Time flew even if our home was small. It worked perfect for what we needed - much better than a hotel room! It is a 38 footer with 3 bumpouts, so its actually very roomy.