With the start of our school year, we also began our Explorers Co-op. Our 4 families from last year were joined by 2 new families and we've had a great time getting to know everyone better! Our first Wednesday morning was spent in the park doing a "share time" and then letting the kids just play. We've had some great Wednesday outings and activities so far this year. Here are a few of them:
Here are all the kids in our Explorers Co-op. What great kids!
For one of our outings, we went again to J and K Farley Farms, a pick-your-own vineyard/orchard. Once again, it was hot and once again, we came home with a bountiful harvest of peaches and grapes
With the peaches we picked, I canned peaches and made peach salsa and a few different kids of peach jam. Now that it's November, we are really enjoying the fresh peach taste from the summer!
Another one of our field trips brought us to Win-Co, the warehouse-style grocery store that we usually shop at. The kids had to don these lovely hairnets for our tour.
Our tour guide is explaining some of the things we'd be doing and seeing on our tour.
Getting to see some of the fresh bread in the bakery.
Here we are in the back where some of the extra pallets of food/drink are stored.
For this next field trip, we enjoyed a drive up to the foothills just outside the gate to Sequoia National Park and went to Cat Haven. We were able to see many different types of wild cats -- it was pretty interesting!
For another Explorers outing, we drove up to Three Rivers, another town on the way to SNP (but near the south entrance) where one of our co-op families lives. Laurienne hosted a lovely lesson and craft time focused on monarch butterflies. After we completed our indoor activities, the rain cleared up and the kids ate their lunch outside and then meanered down to the river to check that out.
Norah is diligently coloring her booklet about monarchs.
And her she is making tissue paper monarch silouettes.
The kids had fun splashing and throwing rocks into the river. But about the time we decided it was time to pack up and head home, we noticed that the river suddenly seemed like it was rushing more loudly and rapidly.
We quickly moved all the "beach" toys and chairs farther (and farther) up the riverbank. Within about 15 minutes, the water level had risen 15-20 feet up the riverbank and had become a rushing torrent. It was one of the craziest things I've ever seen -- a great first-had lesson on the dangers of flash floods!
Here are all the kids in our Explorers Co-op. What great kids!
For one of our outings, we went again to J and K Farley Farms, a pick-your-own vineyard/orchard. Once again, it was hot and once again, we came home with a bountiful harvest of peaches and grapes
With the peaches we picked, I canned peaches and made peach salsa and a few different kids of peach jam. Now that it's November, we are really enjoying the fresh peach taste from the summer!
Another one of our field trips brought us to Win-Co, the warehouse-style grocery store that we usually shop at. The kids had to don these lovely hairnets for our tour.
Our tour guide is explaining some of the things we'd be doing and seeing on our tour.
Getting to see some of the fresh bread in the bakery.
Here we are in the back where some of the extra pallets of food/drink are stored.
For this next field trip, we enjoyed a drive up to the foothills just outside the gate to Sequoia National Park and went to Cat Haven. We were able to see many different types of wild cats -- it was pretty interesting!
For another Explorers outing, we drove up to Three Rivers, another town on the way to SNP (but near the south entrance) where one of our co-op families lives. Laurienne hosted a lovely lesson and craft time focused on monarch butterflies. After we completed our indoor activities, the rain cleared up and the kids ate their lunch outside and then meanered down to the river to check that out. 
Norah is diligently coloring her booklet about monarchs.
And her she is making tissue paper monarch silouettes.
The kids had fun splashing and throwing rocks into the river. But about the time we decided it was time to pack up and head home, we noticed that the river suddenly seemed like it was rushing more loudly and rapidly. 
We quickly moved all the "beach" toys and chairs farther (and farther) up the riverbank. Within about 15 minutes, the water level had risen 15-20 feet up the riverbank and had become a rushing torrent. It was one of the craziest things I've ever seen -- a great first-had lesson on the dangers of flash floods!
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