At co-op school this week my class studied Uncle Sam and we made this craft to go with our lesson:
In our nature explorers class we learned all about bees. It was fascinating.
The kiddos learned about tennis in their gym class this week. Baby L and S did not quite get the hang of it.
Right after class we assembled our supplies and drove down to visit friends in Williamsburg, VA. They took us to all kinds of fun sites, like ye olde towne ice cream parlor.
Baby L sampled the raspberry pomegranate sorbet and loved it, of course.
We visited some of the historic shops and houses. I found it kind of disappointing compared with Nauvoo.
They had a cool old "Grand Union Flag" like I discussed with my class during our "Stars and Stripes" lesson.
The kids went into some of the old time shops.
Miss S had a few minutes to gossip with a lovely colonial lady whose name I have now forgotten. She had a great costume.
The S family have a fun neighborhood road with a cul-de-sac on either end. The kiddos road bikes back and forth while we strolled with the two babies.
We went to the beach for an afternoon. It was baby L's first time playing at a beach.
It was too cold for swimming, but the big kids had a wild time imagining castles and moats of all kinds.
She ate a fair amount of sand. And seemed to really like the beautiful sunny fall weather at the beach.
On Friday we went to the Virginia Living Museum. They had a living display of shore life for the kids to experience. They touched star fish, horseshoe crabs, whelk, and hermit crabs.
They also had several giant aquariums of local fish, turtles, alligators and so forth. My favorite part was the dark room, where they had all the nocturnal creatures: owls, flying squirrels, opossums, and raccoons. They also had the glowing jelly fish.
On Saturday we went to Baltimore Harbor to meet our friends visiting from Utah. We spent the afternoon at the Children's Science Museum. My camera battery died then, so I only took a few shots there.
