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| Mr. July |
As you know, a common Latin root for the number '7' is sept. For 8, it's oct. 9 is nov. Essentially that's where the months September, October and November got their names - they were the 7th, 8th and 9th months of the Roman calendar. The first six months of the year were named after Roman gods (Janus, Juno, Mars, etc.) - so when Julius Caesar (one of my favorite historical figures, actually) was declared a living god by the people of Rome, they honored him with his own month - July. And it only made since to keep all the gods together, that's why July's the 7th month of the year.
Years later, when Caesar's grand-nephew Octavian became Rome's first emperor, he renamed himself Augustus. . . and decided that he, too, needed a month named after himself.
Guess which one.
So yeah. . . there's your history lesson for the day. Another month named after a Roman emperor, another collection of leftover, un-released randoms from America's favourite family.
Enjoy.
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| I was extremely excited upon finding this for the Cannonball. There's a lot of vocab and nouns in there she can't read, but the fundamentals she can handle. Now if only I can get her to watch something in the trilogy besides Temple of Doom. |
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| Why not. |
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| My school truly appreciates me (I'd kinda rather have a gift card.) |
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| What follows is a series of ridiculous family selfies taken on our kitchen floor on a Tuesday night following dinner. 'Cause that's how this family rolls. . . |
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| Winding down with the evening's story time. . . |
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| Rockin' out at another splash pad - this time with the Voigts in downtown Winter Garden. |
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| The following photos courtesy of the Cannonball. . . |
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| Alayna's bizarro selfie. |
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| Living with a bunch of chicks is awesome. |
- Brian
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