It's Alive...

A funny thing happened on the way to the Nature Study (ba dum dum)...

In an effort to try and regain our school and enjoy more of our subjects, we are packing away our Apologia Physical Science for a while and heading to the great outdoors. Today we decided to start with the Handbook of Nature Study Outdoor Challenge #1. Prior to going outside we spent some time talking about how each of us would see different things while outside and that was okay. Personally, I seem to always take notice of the sounds of nature. Maybe that's because there is a calming peacefulness to the outdoor chatter of the animals but that is a topic for a different blog. :-) So off we go, to enjoy our backyard! The girls walked around the house and ended up on the swings. Taking in the sights and sounds of our yard and enjoying a brief moment in time. Lurking in the woods was a hunter waiting to surprise us...our cat, Velma! So out she comes from the woods holding a brown mass in her mouth and then the mass begins to move. The girls jump off the swing and run screaming toward the house, "Ew Velma has a mouse! And it's alive!"

Ah yes just another peaceful Nature Study moment...