January 19, 2022
A Visit to the Campus
(Note: This post was written November 30, 2021 when whomever had decided my computer’s operating system can’t load wordpress anymore – or any other website haha!)
We found ourselves ending the month with a visit to the Palatka campus of St John’s River State College. Becky and Kimberly were doing college stuff. The littles and not-so-littles-anymore found themselves doing schoolwork at a stone table in the warm sunshine on a frosty morning. By 11am, though, it had warmed enough to allow for shedding of jackets. (This is Florida anyway, locals know autumn calls for bundle with layers in the morning, regular clothes by noon, swimsuit at 2pm, all clothing back on by 6pm, and windbreakers at 8.)
Lucas took a little stuffed animal and started playing hike (his version of one-boy football).
Thea yells, “look, scissors jumps!” *does a few scissors jumps, “tuck jumps!” *does a few tuck jumps (I’m impressed, she’s landing on both feet simultaneously) and other gymnastics steps as she stays in “the warmness” (aka sunshine).
Jillian finishes with bases and exponents after too many, “Mom! X equals what am I doing?” because when she’s in a hurry, she forgets to read the directions. She promptly joins in the grassland fun (now Lucas and Jillian start a wrestling match).
Jaquline lags a bit behind as “poetry has too many grammar errors!” (Her assignment is to edit the grammar errors and rewrite.)
We meet people we know! (Okay, people whose children I know.) Lucas lands in a prickly bush and waddles up with “prickles in my butt like Pooh” (Pooh Bear landing in a gorse bush, anyone?) which I have to pick off without laughing.
Jillian wants to do pull ups on the big tree limbs but can’t reach them. Even with her biggest high jump, she is still too short. Jaquline’s attempt to help her up is hilarious.
Thea plays with squinkies at the stone table. Jillian says “both college schools have stone tables.” (They had given nicknames to places we did school at the Saint Augustine campus before Christina was a driver.) Lucas “made friends” with the ants – not something I would suggest.
Throwback pictures to The Tortuga aka the gazebo over the center of the water at the Saint Augustine Campus of St Johns River State College.
School at The Tortuga 
Finding turtles at The Tortuga 
“Picture me, mommy!”
I love how my children can find entertainment in any situation. From grass, trees, imagination, or teeny tiny toys they bring along with them everywhere; there is always something to do even if we are at a brand new college campus on a lazy late autumn day!
Thank you for reading,
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~Nancy Tart
