Week 1: Farming

In an attempt to save money for our newest arrival this summer (and to keep me busy so I don't feel like I am sitting around WAITING all day-everyday), the boys have foregone their summer camps this year and are staying home with me for all their entertainment needs. For the first full week of summer, the boys and I focused on farming as our theme. Basically all of our books and DVDs from the library focused on this topic. We even took a field trip to Schnepf Farm where we saw many things we had been reading about in action. By the end of the week, Noah had decided he was going to be a farm hand when he grows up. Hmm, perhaps we should revisit the space project he did during the last week of school when he was going to be an astronaut. Or perhaps next weeks theme should be Entrepreneurs. :)

Here are the boys ready for the train ride at the farm.

We basically had the entire farm to ourselves and the boys spent hours playing on the playground, harassing the peacocks, and running through the hay mazes.

There was even a slide that landed you right into the Pygmy goat pen. Caleb made lots of friends here.

We passed on the u-pick vegetable garden (because it looked like it would be too hot in the direct sunlight) and instead took some time to pick peaches in the peach grove. Noah thought it was pretty cool to just eat a peach right off the tree! (Usually he would be too grossed out.)

Later in the week, we used our peaches to make peach cobbler. It was pretty much amazing and was totally gone by the time we went to bed that night.

Our un-themed activities for the week included story time and computer play at the library, trips to the park and school playground, our Wednesday summer movie series (Clifford's Really Big Movie), swimming, and a trip to a local splash pad on Friday afternoon. This is one of the newer ones in our neighborhood and was our first visit. We met some friends there for an afternoon of play and I can guarantee that we will be back as the weather gets HOTTER! Cool water, lots of shade, some grass, and a candy store nearby. Good plan.