Spring time week of April 8th

The Vancouver Aqua-bus came through town this past weekend. The boys enjoyed looking and learning about all different crustaceans, fish, cucumbers, starfish, amphibians, sharks, and sea anemones.
The staff had some really great puppets that taught us how anemones and starfish eat their prey.
We saw what krill looked like, we touched a whales bristle, felt the skin of a shark, and saw what the rows of teeth look like in a sharks month.
There was so much hands on learning I couldn't even use my camera as I was touching and learning as well.
A little fact for you, a sea anemone mouth is actually it's bum too.

They brought the little critters out for a "feeling" show. 

The staff member is showing my ds how a starfish eats it's prey. Drinks it up like soup after patiently waiting possibly up to 7 days to open the clam. 

Wow, that is some patiences! 

We had to visit the rest of the park as well as the two grizzle cubs that we saw when they were first brought to the wildlife park around 2 years ago. Neat to see that the boys actually remembered the little cubs and to watch how big they have gotten is such a short period of time. 

Working on half shapes. taking our shapes cutting in "half", finding the line of symmetry and comparing our halves.

This week we took a little more practical approach to science, looking inside the belly of a pregnant woman, showing them what mommy's organs are doing now that there is a growing baby in there. 

They found it funny that my bladder is squished so much..something I am not fond of. 

We took a trip to the chiropractor this week and both boys had a chance to lay on the bed, get adjusted, and ask questions. Wow, my boys are growing up! 

Come to think of it, we did alot of fun things this week, we were in week two of homeschool co-op. Karate is going well as well as the drumming classes. Much to my surprise my ds loves his plant study class just as much, maybe even more. The kids were able to use a high powered microscope to look at the plants more closely.

Last but not least, Mr. I starts baseball this week too. 

Can't believe we are starting to plan our 2nd year of homeschooling already, this year flew by. There were challenges, struggles, giggles, times full of joy, cherished moments, and growing little boys. I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.