Break a Leg! Kick the Bucket! I'm Keeping My Eye on You!

Amongst studying about all of the early explorers and finishing a long study on the Pilgrims and Puritans and their journey to the New World and their early, harsh life, we decided to look at the Arts side of that time period. And who best to study but William Shakespeare. My older 2 are only 9 and 6, so it was not an intense study, but a very informative and fun one. We learned that William Shakespeare was a very famous playwright and that we still today use tons of the idioms (check the title) that he wrote for his plays. We also learned that he wrote many sonnets. And we attempted to write our very own. The creative juices flowed a lot easier when I agreed to be the scriber of this sonnet. The boys came up with the words that rhymed and then I helped them make the sentences. I must say, some of the rhymes were a challenge to make work, but then that was the point, right? All the beautiful poems and sonnets we read seem to just flow, bt I'm sure it took a lot of work to write some of them. After we wrote this, Micah titled it.

God's Creation
by Mommy, Micah and Caleb

The world is a vast space
And our God is the praise.
Filled with creatures all over the place
And even a child that plays.

The animals roam loose
And the trees are colored rust.
The camel and lion and goose,
God created even man from dust.

The world seems in a rush
And so many choices of roads.
The animals may be the crush,
As the tires go over the toads.

Yes, the rush and crush of time
Must be the worst type of crime.