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Monday, March 21, 2011

Mar. 21-25, 2011

We took a trip to the farm as a starter activity for our farm unit.  He felt right at home!

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                         Check out the chicks                                                         Tractor ride…kind of 

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                       Newborn pigs                                

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                       Molly, the sheep                               Ride’m cowby                         Love this pic of Molly

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                                                                             Hay ride                                                 Front row seat

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Even Papa went on the ride                   Love this straw picture!                     Cowboy swing

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                                Posing on the bridge at the farm…gorgeous little boy

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                           The farmer gave us fertilized Cochin chicken eggs for our incubator

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                                                                                Our eggs                                              Due date:  April 13

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      Time for the Playmobil farm, even Big Bro loves it           Our first chrysalis

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                                                          4 others are preparing to transform                        

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           Co-op…painting his clay pot from a previous week and making some new concoction

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                 Making our farm mural                                      Helping me make a healthy smoothie

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Our nutrition workshop with Bianca.  The boys learned about the benefits of exercise to various muscle groups.  We learned the difference between aerobic and anaerobic exercises.

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Updated progress photos of our raised bed gardens.  We planted some seeds and transplanted some young plants.  So these are photos on Day #1.  We are hoping for toads so we even put a toad house in between each garden.

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We have leek, peppers, lettuce, onions, mint, basil, cucumbers, pumpkins, rosemary, carrots and shallots.

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In this bed we have tomatoes, watermelon, blackberries, strawberries and eggplant.

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