Life before 2008 17 Oct 2005 06:12 am
Happy, Happy, Happy
Just odds and ends from a Monday morning……
We had another FANTASTIC field trip on friday. Laid back and calm, sometimes those are the best kinds. We visited the Fruit and Berry Patch just north of Knoxville. Most of the apples had already been picked for the season, but we walked the orchard, bought a bushel, had fried pies and cider, played with goats and horses, ran the corn maze, and picked our pumpkins right in the patch! It was a beautiful, high blue fall day with a cool breeze. We had good fellowship with friends and came home dirty and happy.
This weekend was also the Foothills Fall Festival. It was truly like nothing we’d ever experienced. Part fair, part church-like fall fest, part day in the park. All through the greenbelt was the Children’s Adventure land, and everything was free! Well, except for the food. The kids did bungee swings, rock wall climbing, face painting, wrestling in padded suits, pony rides….we also toured the art and craft festival. The music fest costs admission so we skipped that. But the whole pace was just fantastic. The Greenbelt doesn’t seem to be wired for sound, so there wasn’t alot of crazy noise. The crowd was manageable and we meandered around at a good pace. The kids used thier “spend” envelopes for cotton candy.
This is such a great place to raise a family!
Today we are doing a “greek day”, with a book about the region, puzzle about the geography, and a Greek meal with hummous, marinated meat, feta and tomato salad, olives and pita. We’ve started getting ready for our science project, “Project Feeder Watch” from Cornell University. We’ll have our second Tuesday Tea Time with scones, tea, and poetry. We’ve discovered Livingmath.net and light is finaly shedding on this subject. I’m axiously awaiting the chance to read the book Last Child In the Woods and we’re working our way towards FINANICAL PEACE with Dave Ramsey’s TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER. David is itching for his birthday present, which he discovered by accident: a CD set on classical teaching. Learning together is at a zesty high.
The chickens are organizing….gotta scoot.
on 18 Oct 2005 at 6:14 pm 1.gigi said …
Ah…fall!! the best time of the year!It is fall here at last.I have turned off the a/c and opened the windows.Why last nite I even had to pull the sheet up over me.Ha
I do so enjoy your blogs so keep on blogging.I hope to get one out one of these days.Love all the chickens and the hen and rooster too.Ha