Our summer was a bit of a long one....We lost and gained a few pets, started our first ever garden, worked with our chickens (a project still needing more work), visited with family, attended a few fieldtrips, and enjoyed numerous homeschool social activities with old & new friends alike.
Normally, we don't do fieldtrips over the summer, but this year we visited American Village in Montevallo, AL for a special day program.We "time traveled" back to 1775 where we hid from the RedCoats while the colonists were preparing to declare their independence.
We visited Captain Compost where we learned about organic, no-till gardening and the importance of composting to replace commercial fertilizers.
All of the kids enjoyed learning about this "stinky" process, and after reading his book, we have started our own compost pile....still needs a lot of work, but it's getting there!
We wrapped up July with a fieldtrip to the Mary G Hardin Center for Cultural Arts in Gadsden, AL. They had a special exhibit--Ink & Blood: Dead Sea Scrolls to Gutenberg. It was an extremely interesting insight into the history of written communications from cuneiform up to the printing press advancements. There was even a working replica of the Gutenberg press.
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| Zeke & his favorite Tinglewood tree |
August brought many social opportunities with park days, bowling, swimming, and not one but two "Not Going Back to School" parties! We finished out the summer with a trip back to Montevallo, this time to see Tinglewood at Orr Park. A local man has spent several years carving intricate, beautiful works of art into the dead trees at the park. We were lucky enough to receive a guided tour by the artisan himself!
I think we're all ready to start the new school year....maybe we'll actually slow down a little bit! LOL!
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