Learning About Australia

On Tuesday, Anna began her journey to Australia to volunteer for 3 months with Youth For Christ.  We are so proud of her and the awesome work that she will be doing!

So today . . . 

We learned about Australia! The kids were pretty amazed at how far it is from Michigan! They were able to grasp the concept of how far away it is because we compared how far away Florida is to how far away Australia is. They know that Florida is a long drive but to see how much further away Australia is was pretty amazing to them! 

Hope is pointing to Michigan and Aliyah is pointing to Australia. Samuel didn't want to join in (he was upset from injuries accidentally caused by his 2 year old sister).

Holding up their maps of Australia.
I asked them what they thought Aunt Anna would do on her LONG plan ride. They said:
Go potty (Samuel), Read books (Hope), Eating (Samuel), and "Want her to come to OUR house!" (Aliyah)
Then Samuel asked "At night time, will the airplane stop so Anna can sleep at a hotel?" They all thought it was pretty crazy that it didn't stop and that Aunt Anna probably (hopefully!) slept on the airplane.