The dogs of history

Today - well that started with Bible and Old World History, the 1st thing my children learned was that Jesus was different than other religious world leaders, different in that all world religious leaders die, so did Jesus, but he also rose from the grave...noone else can say that.  He beat death!  My sons Eric and Matt and even Nick were like cool ....But then after he was gone a terrible ruler came into the playing world field, Nero, now here's a old time thug who was of the belief if you didn't worship him and his Gods than you were an enemy and thus Christian persecution was born.  To learn more on the history of Christian persecution I'd like to recommend this site http://www.allaboutfollowingjesus.org/christian-persecution.htm and also http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/history/persecution.htm

It's sad that in todays world not alot has changed, Christians are still persecuted but mostly at the hands of Islamic radicals all in the name of Allah....funny I don't remember Jesus killing anyone if they didn't worship or follow him.  Worst he ever did was throw the money changers out of the temple.

Then after getting through all those discussions we've taken a couple breaks, but also we're dealing our dog Roxy being in heat, and our two other dogs Buster and Motley going insane trying to be with her...we hoping she does have puppies but man, these two dogs are something else, if we separate them no matter who we put with who, the other whose left out goes nuts with what we'll call "dog jealousy"....oh these are so not the days.

Here is a picture of Motley - 

Here is a pic of Buster

When I can I'll add a picture of Roxy - but she's not to cooperative right now with her doggy pms and yes I do believe animals get it as us humans do.

We've ended our day with writing assignments from everything to just copywork (greatly inspired by Charlotte Mason - of whom you can learn of on one of many blogs one being - http://simplycharlottemason.com/home/blog/ and here is a snippet of what we love of Charlotte Mason and her teaching technique:

Charlotte Mason was a British educator who lived in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Her method, the Charlotte Mason method, is centered around the idea that education is three-pronged: Education is an Atmosphere, a Discipline, a Life.

By “Atmosphere,” Charlotte meant the surroundings in which the child grows up. A child absorbs a lot from his home environment. Charlotte believed that atmosphere makes up one-third of a child’s education.

By “Discipline,” Charlotte meant the discipline of good habits — and specifically habits of character. Cultivating good habits in your child’s life make up another third of his education.
The other third of education, “Life,” applies to academics. Charlotte believed that we should give children living thoughts and ideas, not just dry facts. So all of her methods for teaching the various school subjects are built around that concept.

For example, Charlotte’s students used living books rather than dry textbooks. Living books are usually written in story form by one author who has a passion for the subject. A living book makes the subject “come alive.”

She taught spelling by using passages from great books that communicate great ideas rather than just a list of words.

She encouraged spending time outdoors, interacting with God’s creation firsthand and learning the living ways of nature.

But back to writing, we finished with -

O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. - Psalm 95:1

and

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. - Proverbs 14:4