My little chef.

Tonight Dezzi treated us to home made spaghetti.

She chopped the onion and green pepper.

Diced the tomatoes.

Cooked it all up.

Learned how to use a can opener. 

Mixed some more 

Cooked the little round noodles she chose.  

And even dished everyone's plates. She did a great job. 

Apple picking and a Gerber tool.

This afternoon we had our good friend Elizabeth come over to go apple picking with us. 

They were high up in the tree.

So dad got his ladder out.

And Elizabeth put Dezzi on her shoulders. 

Lucas climes the ladder to get closer to the apples.

Then they were both in the tree tops. 

Elizabeth was supervising.

Relaxing while the kids worked.

During a break time Tim showed Lucas how to use his new gerber.

He did pretty good. 

Time to clean the apples and to use the gerber to pull off the stems. 

Let the juicing begin. 

Field trip #2 Air Museum

Our second stop was to the Air museum.

We got to see lots of things from WWII.

This was a biplane replica. Sorry it got blury.

Lucas liked this yellow model.

There were old fire engins.

And best of all a cockpit that the kids could play in. 

It was a crazy ride. Our destination Rapid City to see the Dinosaurs. 

We went upside down.

And of course things had to be fixed.

There were lots of cool plains. 

Old cars.

This jeep was another favorite of Lucas's.

This was an ejection seat the kids coukd examin. 

Watching planes land and take off. The whole building rumbled. 

All of these planes were from WWII and they all run. We learned they painted swastikas on the plane each time they returned from a successful mission and shot down the enemy.  

We also learned about where the phrase  the whole 9 yards came from. That is how long the ammo would be if it were laid out in a strait row. When they returned from the mission they told the matinence crew they shot the whole nine yards so they knew they were out of ammo and needed to be restocked. 

FIELD TRIP#1 Souris river wild life refuge

Today we went for a drive and wound up on a science field trip. We are studying botany and this was a great place to study God's creation up close and personal. We will do some research next week to identify all the plants we found. 

We found these pretty flowers. 

And these 

Oh and these.

Dezzi thought she found eggs which was a great guess but. Upon closer examination we discovered they were mushrooms. We had a lesson on not eating any mushrooms unless you know with out doubt they are safe. 

This one reminded us if cotton.

We also found wild snap dragons.

Lucas enjoyed identifying monocots and dicots.

This week we learned about bees and how they play an important roll in polination. 

And that they suck the nectar out to take back to the hive so they can make honey.

We also talked about bird migration. 

Best of all we had a great time as a family hiking, singing, laughing and learning.

Oops I cut off Lucas beautiful smile.

And now he forgot to smile.

This area reminded me of walking in grandma's coolie.

My beautiful girl.

My handsome boy.

Shoulder rides.

Bird watching

We drove over a dam.

And finally picture Tim talking in hushed toned as he said" and now we observe the fisherman in his natural habitat. ...." 

But stay tuned our day was not over. Be watching for field trip #2.