We woke up to a little winter wonderland and it wasn't even in the forecast. But that's Memphis weather for you. Of course, snow changes nothing around here. It's still home school business as usual. But we did interrupt our regularly scheduled programming for some quick snow play. Okay, maybe it was more like an hour or so, but fun nonetheless. Yeah, these pics aren't too great. They're from me cellphone and the cold was fogging up the lens.

Zion started out playing with dad but, he had to go to work. Boooo! Of course, I had to takeover and, of course, I did most of the work on the snowman. Nope, not giving the kid much credit because he barely did anything besides pelt me with his tiny snowballs...in the mouth! It was fun though...

Barnes & Noble's loss is my gain here. I'm very disappointed to see the B&N in my neighborhood closing after more than a decade. My neighborhood is a victim of "white flight", hence the downfall of this last bookstore left in the area. Anyway, this about the awesome deals I snagged a few days ago. So, my son got an early Christmas present. All the clearance items were an additional 50% off and I found several things I've been wanting for our homeschool bookshelves.

I should've taken another picture of the tangrams out of the box. They're a really nice stained wood set and it included a great book with the history of tangrams and, of course, tons of puzzles. Well worth the amazing $5 I paid for it.

Needless to say, the teacher/education section was wiped out. However, I did spot that Explode the Code 4 workbook which is exactly where he'll be once we finish the online version (fyi: not feeling the online version AT ALL). The writing workbook was the cheapest at $2. And the two Poetry For Young People books were my happiest find. So, I spent just under $30 for what would have normally been about $60. I think I'll go back one more time before they close the doors on New Years Eve.