Ashland

Our day started out iffy. Michael said he felt like he was going to throw up whenever he moved. I had plans of going to Boones Station to start our Family Adventure Quest. Well after another 30 minutes in bed Michael says he feels better. So we start our school. Later Jacob and I went downtown to hang posters for the upcoming GCT play, Radio Gals. After that we run home and pick up Michael (his school wasn't finished) and head towards Boones Station. We got there and it was closed :( It was so nice and I really wanted to be outside so we went to Ashland, home of Henry Clay. When Jacob was little we use to go there often. I have lots of pictures of him in the trees there. I took one in the same place as one of my favorite pictures of him from when he was 2. I am going to try and find it so I can post them together in another post.

Repeat of yesterday.....

We made plans with Rachel yesterday to have a picnic today at Great Crossings. Kathleen, Karina and Cam joined us. It was so nice again today. Jacob and Michael wanted to bring their fishing poles so we ran by Wal-Mart and picked up some meal worms. The boys played for a long time...over four hours!!!! The moms sat on a blanket and enjoyed the sunshine :) While sitting there we saw a mink on the other side of the creek. I even saw a couple tiny little grasshoppers. Do they know its the beginning of February?!?! Being outside is so good for the soul.


Cam and Jake fishing.

Another beautiful day!!!

Our friend Rachel called and asked if we would like to take a hike at Great Crossings. YES!!!!! The day was beautiful and we took Diesel with us. We took the trail pretty far back and we saw a cool old house.

Louisville Zoo

We spent the day at the Louisville zoo. We have had wonderful weather but the cold is suppose to come back so I thought we would take advantage of the nice day. Plus we thought they were going to have a zoo tour today. But when we got there we were told that they stopped doing them the week before :( We were disappointed (me mainly) but decided to have a great day anyway. And boy did we! A few of the animals were not out but the ones that were, well they were frisky!!! We got to watch the penguins being feed. The swans swam over and played "bowing and honking" with the boys. The lions were VERY frisky!!!! The Bongos were chasing the cranes around their inclosure. Then one ran right up to where we were standing, like three feet from us. It was so cool!!!!

Sleeping Komodo......................

Rattlesnake and Copperhead cuddling!!

Follow the yellowbrick road.........

Baby polar bear, Kanick.

"That Bongo was so close!!!!!!"

My little gorrilla.

I am Tired!!!!!!

Kanick loves her new toy.

And she loves rolling in the dirt :)

Taking a swim.

Unsoclalized Homeschoolers!!!

When I tell people that we homeschool the response I get most often is.."what about socialization?" Funny, that is the least thing I worry about in our homeschooling life. It is harder with Anthony because a lot of homeschoolers go back to public school when they get to high school. But we work at finding ways for him to be around friends.

I mention this because we had a homeschooling party at our house. There were 27 kids here ages 4 to 16. Don't think we have had that many people here before. I wasn't feeling great but the boys really stepped up and helped me get the house ready. I think a good time was had by all and there was SO much food.

So here are a few pictures of our unsocialized friends ;)





Jeannie made the cutest little penguins!!!

Lots of food.

Our front living room was full!!!!!

The kids having an impromtu PE class ;)

A few of my homeschooling momma friends....love these guys!!!! A few are missing, you left too early!!