A Picture A Day: September 7 and 8, 2011

10:17 AM September 8, 2011

AH is listening to Story of the World while referencing his Encyclopedia of World History

10:17 AM September 7, 2011

Listening to Story of the World in our 3 season porch.

A Picture A Day: September 7, 2011

Listening to A Story of the World in our 3 season porch

A Picture A Day: September 6, 2011

8th grade started with our annual tradition of visiting the Science Museum of Minnesota.

 

September 6, 2011

8th grade started with our annual tradition of visiting the Science Museum of Minnesota.

Our Great Western Adventure

Part 1: Texas, continued

A movie on a hot day.  This is the biggest movie theater complex I have ever seen!

The following sequence is for DEN:

Even the dogs are in on the fun!

playing torpedo

Our Great Western Adventure

Part One: Texas

Our first day. AH checks out the pool and plays with Cubby.

I love going to the store here.  They have Texas shaped crackers and cookies, and yes, even Colby-Jack cheese!

One of the many hours spent in the pool and we've only been here 3 days!

A Controlled Burn

AH taking a video of the burn

I got a call during AH's swim lesson yesterday.  A family friend wanted us to know that his company was going to be doing a controlled burn in our area and we were welcome to come watch.  Well, who can pass up a fire? We took a lunch and some books along with us to the burn site.  When we got there our friend, Eric, came over to explain exactly what they were planning to do and why.  Then we sat back and watched the crews go to work.

Burning the dead plant material clears the way for new growth while adding nutrients to the soil.

There are 2 crews: each crew consists of one person starting the fire with a torch and another with water gun.  The crews work opposite one another.

The trees were sprayed down with water to protect them.

Our friend Eric.

It was amazing how fast the ground turned black!