Patience Field Trip

Weather being so wonderfully rainy this spring,  we had to be patient 

for a sunnier day in which to take a class on plant growth named

"Flower Power" from our local Arboretum.  It was a field

trip with some other home schoolers from our association

and it was well worth the wait!  Here are some photos

from that trip:

Patiently waiting for the trip to begin, we decided to

make the most of it and have a picnic at a park nearby first!

JSS and COS soaking in all the information

before they got to the more "hands on" portion of the class.

JSS bee-ing "pollinated" by the teacher's pet.

Listening to the classroom instruction like

the good students they are.  :)

Who doesn't love a photo of an grossly exaggerated

eye through a hand lens??

They got to plant a sunflower before

the class was over.  These are the same

ones they transplanted on the edge of

their Patience Garden at home.

(See previous post on Patience)

We got to explore the gardens for free after our

class.  The misters came on while we were 

walking through this section...

...which reminded the kids of Jurassic Park, so

the decided to play like dinosaurs were after them.

Check out JSS's flower goatee.  It was his specimen

from the class.  No flowers were picked/harmed

in the making of this merriment.

HOOKED!

As soon as they saw the teepee in the pioneer village

section, they were off and running!  They loved our

Native American study last Fall.  :)

It was dreadfully HOT and HUMID this

day, so we sought shade where we could find it.

The water wasn't so bad at cooling us off, either!

Down side...it was C O L D!!!