Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Visit to Rickwood Caverns

Lego man is at the top of the jungle gym. Zee-Zee on the see-saw.
The girls at the top of the "tower".


Our church went to Rickwood Caverns in October for a picnic. The kids had fun playing on the playground and exploring the grounds. Two years ago, we came here and toured the cave so we did not do that this year.

Pinecomb bird feeders

Lego Man had to make a pinecomb bird feeder for boy scouts. Zee Zee wanted to make one too!
So did Moo!

Field trip to fire station

Lego Man driving the fire truck Moo, Zee Zee and friends using the fire escape ladder on the smoke house. The smoke house was awesome. It is a 2 story mini trailer made to look like a house. The kids went inside and a fireman made smoke enter the house. He taught them how to drop down and crawl to the nearest exits. They practiced this on the top and bottom floors of the trailer.
Their homeschool co-op group.

Joseph object lesson

We took ice cream cones (to represent the hole), chocolate pudding (to represent the darkness of the hole), and a teddy graham cracker (to represent Joseph when he was thrown in the hole by his brother. We talked about how scared and lonely he must have felt but that God was there to comfort him. You can barely see "Joseph" sticking out. The kids acted as God coming to rescue Joseph.

Birthday fun!

The trio turned 7 on Oct. 5th. They had a cinnamon roll breakfast followed by presents!
We took the day off from academic work but I surprised them with a field trip to Bud's Best Cookies. They had no idea where we were until we walked into the factory and they could smell the cookies. We were all required to wear hair nets on the tour.....which they thought were cool!
The train engine that pulled us through the cookie tour. We were not allowed to take pictures beyond this point. :(

10 Commandments

We made our own dough and used little sticks to write the 10 commandments. Zee-Zee
Moo
Lego Man

Soccer

The girls signed up to play soccer for the fall. Here is Moo (#4) in action.
And here is my son (in green) doing his favorite thing during the game.........reading.