Enjoying frozen yogurt and a beautiful, warm afternoon at one of our favorite parks before tomorrow’s forecasted arrival of snow. I sure am glad the days are getting longer!
Category: Field Trips
Playing at a couple parks
Oh, how we needed this beautiful afternoon outside. It was so restorative. First, we visited a park where the girls played on the playground and ran around the nearby field. Then, we tried to visit a different park but it was too busy with children that were not wearing masks, so we didn’t even get […]
Annual Visit to the Pumpkin Patch
We made our annual visit to a local pumpkin patch. Adrianna was feeling a little sad about not being with friends this time, as the past couple of years we’ve visited with some of her friends. We chose a smaller pumpkin patch and went on a weekday in the hopes that it wouldn’t be too […]
Sun Day
With the autumn leaves changing colors in the mountains and the number of nice, warm days coming soon to a close, I decided the girls and I should take a “sun” day off of school to take advantage of a nice weekday. We drove up to Guanella Pass, starting at Georgetown and stopping at Clear […]
Rocky Mountain National Park
Greg had one more day off of work, so we decided to spend the afternoon in Rocky Mountain National Park. We saw lots of elk and beautiful scenery. I love Colorado, and the ability to just zip up to the mountains for an afternoon. And we had a free National Parks pass since Bree was […]
April 19-30
Greg decided (like many people in our country) that the extra time at home would be a good time to make some homemade bread. I originally played an Animal Crossing game several Nintendo versions ago and enjoyed it, so it is fun to see the girls getting into the new rendition of the game, Animal […]
Museum Field Trip
Our homeschool co-op had a field trip to our local science museum. It included an IMAX movie, Turtle Odyssey, which was in 3D. We also went to the “Science Behind Pixar” exhibit, which was really cool! Not only was there fun photo ops with favorite characters, but there was information on all different parts of […]
Makerspace
Bree attended a beginner coding class at a nearby makerspace and was happy to learn that the makerspace was having Open Hours directly after. She saw a little heart-shaped wooden box and wanted to make one herself, so with some help, we were able to print the pieces with a laser printer. She then put […]
Glass-Blowing
Adrianna had recently mentioned to me that she would be interested in watching a glass-blowing demonstration. So when I saw a post in a homeschooling group where homeschooled teens could have the opportunity to attend and *do* some glass-blowing themselves, I immediately signed her up! And she got to keep the ornament she made, too! […]
Christmas Party
Today was our homeschool electives school’s annual elementary Christmas party. They have it at the local rec center every year, much to my girls’ delight, because that means swimming! Adrianna was hoping some of her middle and high school friends who also have younger siblings would be in attendance, but sadly, they were not. But […]