Where are YOU on the food chain?

Ah... love the smell of fresh baked cookies. Especially when I am not the one having to make them, bake them and clean up the mess after them.

We went on our first field trip of the year, and it was to a local company called Bud's Best Cookies. It was so much fun! We got on a "train" and were ridden around the factory. The girls thought it was so exciting to see the cookies being cut out, "Mom, there are TONS of cookies in there!", to going through the huge oven and getting to ride on the conveyer belt. Unfortunately, because of the company also packaging for other "name" brand companies, we were not allowed to take pictures of the inside of the factory. But, here are the girls getting ready for the tour:

Aren't those hair nets cute?!

The main curriculum that I use, My Father's World, uses a book called Drawing With Children (see sidebar). We are having a lot of fun with it, and I am so proud of the girls and what they are accomplishing. Here is what they created today:

Brianna's Bird with Berry on a Limb

Kirsten's Bird on a Limb Full of Berries

In science, we have started a study of animals, and have been talking for the past few weeks about how animals live. We learned about where animals live, how they can protect themselves or hunt using camouflage and today we learned about what they eat. The girls had lots of fun making a mobile of a food chain:

I was so surprised when Kirsten told me the the owl ate the mouse and the mouse ate the nut. This was before we even started the lesson! (Yes, little things excite me ;-) ) It was also fun helping them say herbivore and carnivore. That was some tongue tied fun!

As a side note, and because I can hear it now and it reminds me, I found at the Teacher and Parent Store a CD called Beethoven's Wig. The girls have been listening to this almost nonstop now for almost a week! It is really great, and if you want to intro classical music to your dc, then I recommend getting it. There are four of them, and we only have the first, but I am hopeful to get the rest soon. They are at the library, too, so I am going to get them from there until I can buy them. Here is a link to check it out: http://www.amazon.com/Beethovens-Wig-Sing-Along-Symphonies/dp/B000060OLA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1253676428&sr=8-1

Just so you know, Beethoven's wig is VERY big!