We've been on vacation... we went to the Clearwater Festival to hear American Folk legend Pete Seeger along with a bunch of other great artists perform. Pete Seeger is 90 years old, and still rocks the crowd... it was beautiful to hear and sing along with!
I went to a wedding on Saturday, but Rob and the kids actually hung out in a smaller setting with him, got to sing along, and actually met him. Cool. It was a lot of fun, a lot of sweet music, a lot of environmental education about the Hudson River, and a LOT of rain!
OK, this has nothing really to do with learning... it's all about life and playing.
I love Tibbs Drive In! We go once, maybe sometimes twice a summer... to claim our space with our car in front of a huge screen out of doors. We bring snacks and pillows and chairs... and cozy in for a movie.
We started checking out the drive in when K was a baby... we would leave early for the movies, and drive around until she was asleep in her car seat. We could then watch a grown up movie, and she was right there, she never woke up. : ) Brilliant idea for a date, if you have a good sleeper!
Lately we had been watching a kids movie first, then we would tuck in sleepy kiddos and Rob and I would watch a grown-up movie for the second part of the double feature.... This time was the first time both kiddos stayed awake for both movies all the way through. Both kids movies were really good too. : )
I hope that the kiddos carry these summer time memories with them, as the kind of family fun we have enjoyed over the years.
K began Jnr Master Gardeners today.... this is a program run by the awesome staff at Garfield Park Conservatory. This is K's third year in this class, and she loves it! (She told me she really, really, really, really loves it!) Every week they make awesome crafts, they have a lot of learning going on, but it's all so dynamic and hands on... each child in the class works on a plot of their very own, they choose what to plant.
They learn about so much, and honestly at this point K knows a whoooole lot more about gardening than I do.
One of the things that I love about our homeschooling group, is that we know how to have fun together!
We got together to hang out at a park last week, and while the kiddos played at the playground, the grown ups rocked out a fun clapping game! (called Big Booty!)
I mean really, do we know how to party, or what?! LOL!
Thanks to Jamie for posting this photo of us Bird Nerds!
There are Peregrine Falcons that live and nest downtown, today was first flight day for the babies. We didn't know we were just meeting friends for morning coffee and hot chocolate.
We got downtown and noticed groups of people on the Circle with binoculars gazing at the sky... curiosity got the better of us, and I had to ask... we were treated to some binoculars, L got a look though a birding telescope on a tripod... and a group of college students telling us all about the bird we were looking at.
http://blogs.indystar.com/falconblog/ Here's a link to the cameras for the the birds!!
L and I had some time together last week, and we spent a few hours making the coolest little cubby house. I remember making constructions like this as a kiddo, and LOVING them! He and I chatted and worked together on creating a seriously wild little house for him and some stuffed animal friends.
When K got home we invited some more kiddos over, and this house grew to become a whole island, complete with communication system, economy etc.... it was fun to see how they took this idea and ran with it!
K has been a Girl Scout for five years. Her first year, she was a Daisy, the next four she has been a Brownie. Earlier this month, she bridged to become a Junior Girl Scout! We will stay with her current troop, she will just be a part of the troop in a slightly different way now.
This was a big thing, for her and for me, planning, organizing and putting this ceremony together. The Juniors had a lead in how they wanted things to go, and it was a beautiful ceremony, despite the wind that blew the candles out!
