A Day in the Life of a Homeschooler

We had our first

co-op field trip today.

Oh. My. Goodness!

It was wonderful!

It was such an amazing way to learn!

We went to River Rendezvous--

an amazing event that teaches kids (and adults)

about what it was like to be a pioneer.

 This was a demonstration about how

the pioneers cooked.

You know...

before we could just run to

Super Target

to get anything our hearts desire!

The actors/demonstrators
actually live there
for weeks-- as the pioneers did.
It's been raining a lot in Minnesota...
hats off to them!

 This was a demonstration on

making a fire.

Carson Luke was quite intrigued.

Oh, dear...

I hope he didn't get any
ideas...

This was the artists' tent.

It was so incredible!

We learned a lot about how the pioneers

made their own paint and canvases

(if they wanted to paint).

 The demonstrators/actors were wonderful

with the kids and kept them all on the edge of their seats!

EVEN the little guys!

It was incredible!

(Cade said that this was his favorite station!)

This station was amazing.

The actors pretended to be the first missionaries

to the Dakota Indians in Minnesota.

They translated the Bible into

the Dakota Indians' language.

And WHO KNEW that lacrosse actually

originated from the Native Americans?

I never thought of them as the

"sporty" type!

Apparently they were...and fierce

competitors at that!

The boys loved it!

I was surprised at how fast the

little guys caught on to it!

On our way out, we had to visit the horses.

Isn't this little guy adorable?

He couldn't have been older than 3, but he was

one of the actors/demonstrators.

His whole family was there. I watched how

he and his brother and sisters behaved.

They were extremely well behaved and took

their responsibilities very seriously!

 And then there was the Native American dancing.

I've always been intrigued by their dances.

The boys were pretty intrigued too.

Carson had to demonstrate

his own

spirit of the dance!

I just realized that I don't have too many pictures

of Cade from our wonderful day of learning.

That's because while I was making sure the little boys

weren't getting into trouble,

Cade was up front and center in all of the

stations we went to.

He enjoyed it so much and was

disappointed when it was time to go.

I love that we were able to experience

this day together.

Just another day in homeschooling!