Saturday, May 23, 2009

Catching Up

I feel like I have to spend some time catching up, as we've been so busy lately. Not only schooling, but dealing with external circumstances like the car breaking down and Husband's digital camera needing a quick replacement. Everything is fine now, but whew. These seemingly little details can take a few days to get sorted out. 

Two weeks ago Son, Daughter and I took a beautiful nature walk at our local botanical park. It was so quiet, and we spent time picking leaves and reading the identifications on the ones that were identified. I vowed to include more nature walks in our curriculum. When we came home we made leaf prints, which looked lovely. We're definitely doing more of these -- gifts, maybe? 

Here are some pictures highlighting these past few weeks:










2 comments:

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