Greek Fest

Greek Fest... What a way to celebrate!! OOPA!!!

We spent today learning about Greece... We talked a little about Grecian Gods (my kidlets thought it was crazy to think there was more than one God) and I didn't go into it too much as I didn't want to confuse them (they are only 4 & 7)... and then we looked into their dress... where Greece is located in the Mediterrenean and it's neighbors Cyprus and Italy... We talked about the wildfire that they had there recently and then onto the best part (at least for the kidlets) talking about the miscellaneous sea creatures and animals in that region..

We did math problems using octopus and squid... Worked on the letter "G" with my DD... did some colring of the map and labeled the capital  and talked about the Parthenon with DS.. (he thought it was just like the one in Nashville *L* ) I told him the one in Nashville was a "recreation"  that I was glad he'd had the opportunity to see it and remember it..  

And to cap off our evening, DH and I took them to Greek Fest in Knoxville... This is an annual event and was wonderful... We took a tour of the St. George Greek Orthodox Church. The Byzantine icons and stained glass windows were only a background to the beautiful mosaics found there... The ceiling was one huge mosaic of Christ... and it was incredible...

 

We feasted on Souvlaki and "greek fries" (for the DC) and then drank a special brewed Greek Coffee... We bought a box of miscellaneous pastry (Baklava, Finikia, Kourambie, and Koulourakia). The kids loved the Loukoumades, which are Greek Puff Pastry deep fried and then covered in honey and cinnamon... DS described them as being "better then doughnuts " and asked if we could move to Greece... *L*

To finish the evening off, the kids (my DH and I included) danced to traditional and modern Greek music (performed by George Karras) and watched as dancers performed traditional dances and taught audience members and "willing" children the steps...

All I can say we had a wonderful time and are definitely looking forward to going again next year!!

OOPA!!