fun day monday

Yesterday was the start of the spring semester of our Monday Homeschool classes. J was signed up for soccer, and Zoo Boy surprised me by asking if he could play too. (Having never shown any interest whatsoever in playing sports or anything even remotely athletic, like, you know, walking....) They were more than happy to include him, and he stuck it out for 45 minutes, until, while playing goalie, he got his fingers jammed on the ball when trying to stop it. Poor little guy was pretty freaked out by that -- and I agree, that HURTS! We'll see if he still wants to play next week. I'm not holding my breath....

After soccer, J went off to chorus, and Zoo Boy accompanied me to the preschool program I'm co-teaching. He had a blast, and was very pleased when informed that this class was for HIM, not for J. He even participated in the craft, creating this cool St Patrick's Day bookmark. (And crafts are not ordinarily his cup of tea.)

Then both kids had a really awesome class called Museum Explorers, which is a cooperative effort between the class co-op and the museum where we hold it. The kids are going to be learning all sorts of behind-the-scenes information and "secrets" from the museum staff. Here one of the instructors discusses some of the signs of wildlife we can find in our backyards and neighborhoods.

Here's the class (my two on the back left), totally engrossed in the program. They also got to meet some ring-necked doves, and learned how they trained the male to "wave goodbye".





As a project, they dipped rubber animal feet into paint and made track paintings. Zoo Boy was pretty excited about this project, and proudly filled his paper with crow prints.

It was a very busy, full day! And the kids loved every minute! (Well, the part where Zoo Boy got hurt wasn't a lot of fun for any of us, but we all recovered and went on to have a great afternoon.) It's going to be a great spring!