Field-Trip #3a: Produce Auction

Earlier this week, the girls and I had a jam packed day of field-trips!  

We began the day at a local produce auction located in the heart of an Old Order Mennonite community.  The auction provides a central location for area growers to sell and buy goods in season.  Any commercial grower or gardener who grows within a 100-mile radius of the auction is welcome to consign their goods.  

However, +90% of the growers are within a 7-mile radius and they bring their goods in by tractor or horse and buggie!  

 It was another rainy day for a field-trip!  So, we gathered our rain gear and headed out! 

 

The girls enjoyed wandering around and seeing all the produce...

 

 

And, they enjoyed seeing the auction in action!  Izzie kept asking why the man with the microphone was talking so fast and questioned if he was making up words!  The girls had a fun time trying to mimic the auctioneer, while they giggled and giggled!

It was a wet and fun morning at the auction!  

Getting ready to head over to a local farm and pick pumpkins!  

Stay tuned for Field-trip #3b...

Romney in the Valley!

My husband and I spent last night at the Rally in the Valley in Virginia!  

 

It was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!  

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan brought their campaign and the national spotlight to Augusta County, Virginia.  Virginia could possibly be the most crucial swing state in the 2012 Presidential Election.  The crowd, speakers and Romney and Ryan were feeling energized, especially after the slam dunk performance in the first presidential debate! 

Time in traffic:  Hours 

Number of miles walked:  4

Seeing and hearing the next President of the USA:  Priceless!  

Fieldtrip #2: Children's Museum

Our last two field-trips have been canceled!  The first one, we were heading to a Nature Center and Woodland Garden, but it was canceled due to a lot of rain!  Then, the following week, our second field-trip to a local farm and pumpkin patch was canceled due to more rain!  The girls were so disappointed, so we decided to make our own field-trip...we headed to the Children's Museum! 

 The girls favorite part of the museum is at the house!  They cook, clean, and even fold laundry!

Working on the farm...

 

 

 

 

  

Heading to the garden for fresh vegetables!

 

 

The girls can't get enough of the twisty slide! 

 

Around town...

 Izzie, the future meteorologist!

Working on and fixing the car!

Mac enjoying the art station!  They always create such cute projects! 

Mac, my future dramatic actress!  Seriously, she's so dramatic!  

We had an amazing rainy day at the museum!  It was a great replacement field-trip!!

Messy Class: Shaving Cream Art

For our third week at our weekly Coop's Preschool Messy Class, the little ones had a blast playing in shaving cream.   

I sprayed the shaving cream on the tables and they had so much fun just rubbing it around and some even drew pictures!  Super simple and super fun!