Five Days of Field Trips

Soooo, this last week of April was less of our regularly-scheduled homeschool programming and more of an out-in-the-field, fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants second sort-of Spring Break type learning.  We really proved our field trip shirts true!

For starters we spent the first half of the week with my sister and her kiddos who came to town while Lee was out of town.  With them, we hit the creek to explore and also hit up the strawberry patch. On the way to the patch, we followed a cow in a truck and much agriculture and where-our-food-comes-from talk ensued.  That was followed by Anna and Natalie making a Vegetarian Pact until they see each other again.  HA!

Jam got made in short order, as well as syrup, strawberry shortcake, and some chocolate mousse for dipping said strawberries. 

The day Emily left, we also headed south to Nashville to take in a play at the Children's Theater - Frog and Toad All Year.  Anna read these books in her curriculum this year and Noah read them a couple years ago as well.  These stories have my heart, they are so charming.  Also entirely charming was the play.  Every. Single. Second.

Thursday was Field Day at the kids' co-op.  I did not attend as it was timed exactly during Lasa's naptime, but I did grab a few shots other parents posted of the day's events.

And finally, today we headed out again for a tour of Historic Rock Castle here in Hendersonville that did not disappoint.  We have been there several times for pictures, but have never been all around the grounds and inside the home.  Really neat!

The kiddos learned about Daniel Smith and his contributions to TN history as well as how he and his family lived, about all the rooms and details in the house, some stories from the family cemetery and garden, about the clothes from that period in history, and also got to try their hands at cipher codes.  Good day!  Great week to be a homeschooler!   Even more so because we are in the single digits of remaining days in our school year. :)  Next week we hit the zoo!