Green Hour Challenge #10 asked us to have an outdoor picnic. My kids thought I'd lost it when I took this picture of them eating today. We eat outdoors several times a week most of the year-although usually not junk food like today!
Green Hour Challenge #11 asked us to start a seasonal tree study. Our focus area this quarter has been trees and we are ambitious and are going to try to follow 6 of the trees in our yard. We shall see how that turns out this year.....
Big Sis' joined us for a hike after lunch. We were able to climb the bike trails which is far more exciting then walking the flat walking paths. Sam calls this off-roading and it is one of his favorite activities.
We also toured a local sea turtle facility. Awesome! We've toured one during a recent trip to Florida but yesterday we were able to get up close. It was SO hot in there the kids were beet red and our clothing was drenched with sweat when we left.
Charlotte was amazed by the babies and didn't want to leave their tank. Sam was fascinated with the 2 year old turtles and we learned that in nature it would take these loggerhead turtles 7 years to reach this size.
3 comments:
Wow, six trees...that is ambitious but I think it would be a great way to focus on trees long term. We are actually going to be doing two trees, one in the woods and one in our backyard.
I would love to see the sea turtle facility. Thanks for sharing your pics.
Thanks for the link,
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
We enjoyed a trip to a local sea turtle facility last year.
I hope you learn alot while studying your trees! Have fun!
How cool! I'd love to go to a sea turtle hatchery.
We're in FL, do you know of one in NE FL by any chance?
~Becky
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