AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC

 

Yesterday, we ventured out to the homeschool day at The Aquarium of the Pacific.

Only $6...such a great deal!

 

 

It was a fun and educational time for all!

 

 

The sharks were a highlight, as were the Japanese spider crabs we had recently learned about after our crab catch of the day this summer. Though these were smaller than the giant ones we read about, it was still really neat to see them in person and sort of feel like we knew them firsthand.

 

 

I think one of my favorite moments was the look on Boden's face when his daddy actually got one of the birds in the aviary to land on his arm! (Why am I surprised? He is, after all, the bird whisperer!)

 

 

Heroic!

 

 

Why is he so calm? If only there had been a video camera on me today as I tried to shoo a bird out of our house...again! Of course, this time my bird trainer husband wasn't home to help/laugh at me. Anyway, that's another adventurous story altogether. (Why do we get so many birds in our house?!)

 

Anyway, back to the aquarium...

We were filled with wonder at the beauty of God's creation under the sea.

 

 

I was filled with wonder that our tribe of children did so well for the day.

I think we've officially crossed some hurdles since our adoption last year! Yay!

 

All in all, it was a blessed day filled with lessons from the Lord, both spiritually and educationally.

Surely, we'll be looking forward to the same outing next year.

 

"All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made."

John 1:3



BACK TO SCHOOL

 

We're "back to school", though truly I never felt like we had left.

 

For us, life is school and school is life and even a spontaneous decision to build a loft
as a team this past week fits the learning bill around here and equals "school".

 

Perspective.

 

 

It's been a less than traditional reentry into the 2013-2014 school year, but as I reflect, I wouldn't have it any other way.
THIS is the reason we homeschool!

 

To think outside the box and discover exciting ways to learn, to come together as a family and acquire more fruit of the Spirit, to go with the flow and learn flexibility, responsibility, creativity, teamwork...
these are benefits that come with homeschooling.

 

We're making some BIG decisions these days, some to do with adding more children to our family. We're making it work and seeking to glorify God in the process. We're choosing to see that we have room in our hearts and room in our home and God's confirmed this decision through various sources repeatedly.

 

We can see that He has been on the move...and thus, so have we!

 

 

So, today as we sit down with paper and pencil, I choose to enjoy the normalcy. But, never fear! I'm on the lookout for another unconventional method of knowledge-absorbing potential just around the corner. What will God teach us this year??

 

 

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise."

Deuteronomy 6:4-7