Discovery Center

Man alive!  Has it really been a week since I blogged?! This homeschool thing is really cutting into my regular routines!  Can't believe we are four weeks into it now!

Let me play a little catch up then...

We took a field trip to Discovery Center at Murfree Spring children's museum midweek this week.  It was a wonderful time with my babies ... once I got us there.  It's about an hour away and I called Josh on the verge of tears at one point thinking I was lost.  Turns out, I was sooo close and just hadn't gone far enough before second guessing myself. :S

Anyway, back to the destination .... The first/last time Noah was here was on Anna's second birthday ... which was awhile ago, to say the least.  So this was like a brand new stop to him.  Anna has been back since ... last fall, I wanna say, so she got right to work at the first eye-catcher when you walk in the door ... the water table!

Hard at work on their animal crayon rubbings. I was surprised by how cool they thought this was.  Memo to me ... do this again later with coins, leaves, and just textures in general.

How giant is this replica of an eagle's nest?  Way cool. 

Giving some arthropods a good examination.  I love how perfectly the Animal Secrets exhibit was timed with the animal unit study Noah is doing for school.

And since we're covering archaeology in SS, this dig exhibit was a rockin' stop to enjoy.  

Experiencing tornado/hurricane strength winds in the air tunnel up to 78 mph.  

Trying out some habitats and camoflauge displays.  

We spent a good chunk of time on their outdoor nature walk and trying to catch fish with Anna's hat.  We spotted ducks, dragonflies, fish, turtles, and all manner of plant life. The high that day was 80.  80!  So yes, we lingered outdoors just because we could. :)

The sweetie pie thank you not I got from Noah after our time together.  

I had to work really hard to just say thank you and not correct his punctuation/spelling. :}  That's the hazard of having a homeschool teacher for a momma.  

Who am I kidding?  That's just the hazard of being around me at all.