Starting about 10 days ago, they started pouring in:
Mom and Dad in law
Brother in law
Brother, Sister in law with 3 yo son
1st bro in law leaves
My dad arrives
Wifes cousin and fiancee arrive
Parents in law leave
Cousin/fiancee leave
My sister and hubby and two dogs arrive
Dad and sister/hubby/dogs leave
Ahhhhhh. Back to the usual chaos.
It was really fun to have everyone around, and the house served us perfectly as planned. The kids really love having their little cousin Ben around as well. I was amazed at the amount of trash produced and food consumed by all these people.
Christmas loot for me (besides the baby) was the book "The War", and the 7 DVD series by the same name. So far I have read one chapter and watched one DVD. It is beyond outstanding and should be required in American history classes of all Junior/Senior level students. IMO, WWII always got short shrift in history. Essentially, the teacher always ran out of time and skipped it. Admittedly, this is the area of history that interests me most, but I am still learning stuff from the series. Not recommended for younger kids due to graphically violent images.
Bro in law also got me "Undaunted Courage", so I will have lot of history to read for a while.
Random thoughts.
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Add Studs Terkel's "The Good War" to your WWII history read list for further enlightenment. The first person accounts cover the spectrum of experiences domestically and abroad during the war. It has been a great tool in helping me wrap my mind around the how and why questions and in understanding why our country is the way it is now.
Thanks Pablo.
My fascination with WWII started at a young age with infatuation aircraft, and especially the beautiful (and deadly) airplane designs of the era.
Then progressed to the Steven Ambrose biographies. I'm loving the video and book so far.
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