Saturday, April 30, 2011

Take YOUR G to Work DAY

When G#3 went with the Daddy to work, he got to go to the Sky Deck and step out onto a Sky Ledge. That's the 9 year old's feet above South Wacker Drive (about 1300 feet up from the street). 

Fear of Heights WARNING!




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Monday, April 25, 2011

As of today...

one ten year old and TWO nine year olds. Each step is a new day and only made possible by the Grace of God the Creator and Sustainer of my faith, AND by the forgiveness and leadership of a fellow believer, The Daddy.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Physics in the Grammar Stage lab page

My son's 3rd grade handwriting is not exemplary, but we had phun in Physics today.

The 3rd grade sister's lab page gave 3 changes that we made to make the lab work well.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Santa Cruz, California Field Trip/ Vacation


This boat is 70 feet long and took us out into Monterrey Bay to see an otter and seagull and lots of other stuff. We learned about marine biology of the area from a marine biologist named Jessica.

It worked well until G#2 got sea sick and of course, I didn't have the proper medicine to alleviate her condition. She was well taken care of during the trip by the crew who also steered, raise/lower the sails and served us breakfast.


We later visited the Seymour Marine Science Center at University of California Santa Cruz to have our hands on sea urchin, hermit crabs, sea stars, kelp, swell shark, mussels and barnacles.  We got to see how big Mr. Gray whale's skeleton is and compared it to Ms. Blue (whom we took a picture with).

We later were introduced to a Redwood forest nearby. Several hikes in beautiful weather were a huge blessing. We hiked at Natural Bridges State Park and Wilder Ranch State Park. We saw high tide and low tide in the same spot and marveled at the power waves and amount of sound from the ocean. Wonderful!
 

Wordless Wednesday


Natural Bridges State Park: Northern California surf, tide pools, sand, wetland!