Senior Year!

I'm not sure what I'm thinking.  Blogging when we are busier than ever?  Oh, well.  What's one more thing on my plate? Our official "not back to school" day was today.

AH is a senior in high school this year. He insisted that we keep up our tradition of visiting the Science Museum of Minnesota on the first day of "school."  Definitely a traditionalist!

A Huge, 3 story astronaut at the Science Museum of Minnesota floats in "space."

Took this picture because of this one:

How does time fly so fast?

We did break from tradition and visited the Minnesota History Center as well.  This is in the "Greatest Generation Exhibit"

Of course it was time for lunch!  So we headed to Grand Avenue in St. Paul to Punch Pizza!

Sound familiar?  It's the small business President Obama recognized in one of his State of the Union speeches.  They increased their starting wage to $10.00/hour before any legislation forced them to.  They are a success story!  And that was the starting point of an interesting discussion during lunch.

And for dessert?

A sweet way to end our field trip.

A Picture A Day: September 6, 2012

After going to the open house at Planet Homeschool (one of our co-ops) this morning, we stopped at Como Park and did the tree identification trek.  We found a Cucumber Magnolia, Black Walnut, Douglas Fir, Hackberry and Black Locust trees to name a few.  There is also a very cool labyrinth in the area.  If you live in the Twin Cities you should check it out!  AH was not enthusiastic about this activity at first, but after finding the first tree, he was into it!  A map and list of trees to find is on this page under the About Como Park heading.  Click on the two links labeled: 

Location of Trees with Identification Labels and

Tree Identification Trek

Happy hunting!

Thanks, Michelle, for telling us about this very cool activity!!

A Picture A Day: September 4, 2012

Today was Not Back to School Day at our homeschool.  We traditionally visit the Science Museum on the first day of school and this year was no exception.  In addition to the museum, we explored downtown St. Paul including the Landmark Center.  Hard to believe my youngest is in 9th grade!!