Ranching Heritage Field Trip

Alright, we are getting ready to start homeschooling and we went on a field trip with about 30 other homeschooling children and their families. We went to the Ranching Heritage Center. It was HOT, but fun. In an attempt to cool off, several of the kids broke the rules and went on the grass to hit the sprinklers, which at 10 am should probably not have been on (or at least thats what the news always preaches...something about not watering between 10am and 6pm). In any case, the kids were so hot a few of us let them run through them for a few mintues. The following are some pictures of Anna thinking about it. She did eventually get in there all the way and get good and wet.

Here is one of Anna thinking about going in:

This one shows her first initial shock of cold water:

A little more brave, she is actually touching the water:

Cooling off in the shade with some new friends:

As you can see she had fun and also got drenched, but was dry before we left. It was a lot of fun, but my goodness it was HOT! We may need to re-think our field trips in the heat of summer. LOL! Next I will be complaing that it is too cold.

Update on homeschool starting: We have all the books, and I even have some bulletin boards set up and ready. This weekend I will be playing with the schedule and we will hopefully start our first subject on Monday. Praying that it will work. If not, there is nothing indicating we have to start at a certain time, so we may wait till after Labor Day. Time will tell. My planning time today is shot out the door with work, which I love, it just hurts my planning time. Maybe tomorrow with laundry? Who knows, but we will start!