Homeschooling Summary for Last Week

I should be calling this "summer vacation summary" at this point, but we'll be back to school soon enough. This week we were all about the County Fair. Everyone was talking about it in my neighborhood. We have gone every year since we moved to the area. This was the first year that I went during the day with other moms and pre-schoolers. I liked the atmosphere better. We saw the petting barn - donkey and camel were the favorites there. We also went to the Poultry barn and saw the "chickens with feathers on their FEET" as Big Sister A so enthusiastically called them. They also had hatching and newly born chicks and ducklings. The Rabbit Barn is also a fun place since they can pet the bunnies. Personally, I was scoping out the meat rabbits and thinking of future homesteading projects. This was also the first year that we went on a ride. Big Sister A wanted to ride the Merry-Go-Round. It is super pricey to ride the rides, but she was determined (can't imagine where she gets that from), so we did it. Brother M was very frightened by the whole ride experience and after he had stopped screaming explained, with tears in his eyes, "Mommy, it was TOO fast." Noted.

Sammy is not too excited about the cow and calf

Testing out the tractors

Not having a fun time

Leopard print chicken

Hatching chicks

Ducklings

Caramel apple tradition -- and this year they brought their own "fun money" so that they could each have their own