Medeival Madness

Note to self - don't plan to cook a medieval meal in the heat of summer. When everything is slow long cook - it gets really hot in the kitchen.

With my youngest being in the Feudal card of the Veritas Middle Ages History program I though it would be fun to turn our Sat Evening meal into a school celebration. But the we didn't have a starter or dessert - which well Sat night really ought to have. So we went looking and found a wonderful site with lots of recipes.We had fun planning and discovering. A Hot afternoon of cooking - not so fun and I hope a fun evening. Next time we'll save the Medieval meal until the weather is cooler.

The photos are from the local Medieval tournament a few years back - it was fun. We didn't make it this This year which was a good thing they got washed out - and the camp had to be evacuated - all in mid summer.

 

The History Delima

As I said I love Veritas's history and the Christian emphasis that is incorporated into the work. I like having a solid base if Christian thinking in the middle ages and the reformation. When it hits the Explorers and American History we become unstuck. It's here that the resources get expensive and well as a Kiwi it doesn't really fit our needs. But it does provide a good launching pad into Omnibus.

Hence the Delima.

For my oldest we simply jumped around so much that we never got to this period of time. Ok we came unstuck here and I wasn't sure what was happening. But now my middle child is struggling with not having a spine to read from, and I'm struggling with being pulled away from the narrate and then have some fun pattern that we all are familiar with.

Hopefully this will make history both more meaningful and increase his confidence in what he is doing. It does mean that we will hit Omnibus a little later - 2nd or third term of next year. But it seems worth it and in truth I can se that we really aren't all that ready for Omnibus year 1 yet.

For now its back to the Story of the World with  Veritas added in for projects when we get to it.