Pumpkin Patch

Being homeschoolers, we hit up the pumpkin patch on a Tuesday morning with our co-op. There were a couple of school groups there which made us sad because we thought Tuesday was a day that they didn't allow school groups to schedule, but they didn't stay too long and then we had the place to ourselves. When I started homeschooling, I didn't know that so much of it would consist of strategically avoiding large crowds of people:)

The weather was incredible! We had a very hot summer, so 80 degrees felt like a little bit of heaven. The kids had a grand time. There was a maze, and it was actually fun, like the kids wanted to go through it multiple times. There was a big pile of hay where the kids played my favorite made-up game of theirs. It's called Sacrifice. I think they all gang up on one kid and try to get them off the hill or mound or cement slab or hay pile or whatever it is they happen to be playing on. So basically it's Lord of the Flies. They have so much fun with it. The moms are always watching closely to make sure there isn't any actual violence or domination happening. So far it's all been in good fun. But the name they chose for the game just really keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Anyway...they also had a train and a hay ride and racing ducks and a corn maze and lots of play sets and a lesson about how to grow pumpkins. And some baby goats were born while we were there!

And there were alpacas! Don't forget the alpacas!

It was such a perfectly wonderful day. I love our co-op! This year we've been doing American history--the pilgrims and the Revolutionary War. I've been taking turns teaching with Kayley. I've learned way more than the kids I'm sure. It's been fun. I even revisited my old favorite Dawn's Early Light. My library back in Centerville, SD was giving it away along with the other books in the series. I think my mom told me to get it or got it for me, and I read Dawn's Early Light which was about the Revolutionary War and Yankee Stranger which was about the Civil War and loved them both. Back then, I read them for the romance. Reading them again, I realize that they are chock full of historical information with the romance very sparsely (but very nicely) sprinkled throughout. This time I still liked the romance but appreciated the history a lot more. Anyway, I love homeschooling and our awesome friends we get to homeschool with.