Great Outdoor Challenge Day 3 (A day late)

I am a day late posting the day three photo...We normally attend a combination American Sign Language/Science class on Wednesday evenings. This week we met at a local trail to explore local flora and fauna with our teacher Mrs. Jawanna. Most of our time was spent discussing plants. The kids tasted mustard garlic and dead nettle, learned about poison ivy and poison hemlock, and viewed several rare and beautiful wild flowers.

Our hike began at 6:45pm and we arrived home a little before 9:00pm. So, after baths and cuddling a toddler who was three shades past rational behavior because he was so tired, this didn't get posted last night. Better late than not outdoors, right?

It's raining today, so I guess tonight's post will be wet. The kids will love it!

Get outside and have fun!!

Visit the other Great Outdoor Challenge players-
lisa, sanders, angelina, phyllis, sarah, christie, jennifer, debbie, dong dong, denise, luisa, joy, stephanie, cori,alex, dawn, kristen, catherine, tricia, becky, christy, ruth, kari, courtney, branflakes, jessica, renee, haiku,brynn, amy, clemencia, sherry, leslie, lise, renee, anet, jenn, marina, amy, ella, marcia, karen, beth, julie,kyndale, kelly, lizzie, eileen, ag, mari-ann, cindy, robin, nicole, debbie, julia, renee, anita, lisa, jenn, montessori,marita, jeannie, hallie, mandy, kangaroo, andrea, joey, carmen, teena, stephinie, gidget, elizabeth, emma,rosina, saminda, melissa, katie, becca, atouria, barbara, ariella, missy, elizabeth, sarah, eileen

Great Outdoors Challenge Day 2 (and Tuesday 30 minute blog challenge)

Continuing the Great Outdoors Challenge, today we spent time outdoors finishing our schoolwork, playing dinosaurs, watching the bats come out at dusk. Brice even took another short snooze today.

It's been beautiful weather and we are all more content, more dirty, and more ready for bed than usual. We are using our porch and our yard...really, we spend so much time at our cabin in the woods during good weather that we forget to use our "city" yard. It's nice to remember.

Interested in the other folks who have joined the outdoor challenge?

lisa, sanders, angelina, phyllis, sarah, christie, jennifer, debbie, dong dong, denise,luisa, joy, stephanie, cori, alex, dawn, kristen, catherine, tricia, becky, christy, ruth,kari, courtney, branflakes, jessica, renee, haiku, brynn, amy, clemencia, sherry,leslie, lise, renee, anet, jenn, marina, amy, ella, marcia, karen, beth, julie, kyndale,kelly, lizzie, eileen, ag, mari-ann, cindy, robin, nicole, debbie, julia, renee, anita, lisa,jenn, montessori, marita, jeannie, hallie, mandy

Tuesday 30 minute blog challenge...can you complete a blog in 30 minutes or less and get back to your life? Once a week...maybe more? Tonight: 18 minutes!

See you tomorrow!

"go outside everyday, rain or shine"

We've joined the Get Outdoors Challenge over at 5 Orange Potatoes as a way of holding ourselves accountable for getting outside everyday...no excuses. Our TV service was officially suspended today until fall (when football season starts back up for Dad!) as an experiment in all the other things we could be doing with our time. 


Today we spent three hours outside finishing our schoolwork, sketching, reading poetry, playing basketball...my mom, Brice, and I even caught a few zzzz's in the breeze on the front porch. It was lovely. (Forgot the camera, so this is from last week...I'll post current pics the rest of the time...I hope!)


Planning to pack up our school books and head to a picnic table somewhere tomorrow to spend the day.


Join our project! Play along with us during the month of April for  Children and Nature Awareness Month  by posting a picture of your child(ren) each day enjoying the outdoors! Get outdoors and climb a tree! (Participants, you can copy and paste this line in your posts if you want).