Field Trip to the Cliffs of the Neuse

On Monday, the kids and I went to the Cliffs of the Neuse with my parents and sister. We toured the new museum and then did some hiking and exploring. It started off really cold but warmed up to be a beautiful day.

Inside the museum




We learned that during the Civil War, there was a confederate army camp in Seven Springs (then called Whitehall). The CSS Neuse was built there and then attempted to float down the river to Kinston. It ran aground on a sandbar in the Neuse River almost immediately. In December of 1862, Union and Confederate forces fought in and around Seven Springs.


Starting our hike




You can see the markings on the trees where the water rises


Adventurous boy




Miller and Aunt Susan with a cypress tree








We found a few tiny waterfalls

Cooking Class

This week our homeschool group had a real treat. A friend from church, Mrs. Susan, gave them a lesson in cooking. She taught them about the food pyramid, measurements, kitchen safety, and she even prepared them a cookbook with the recipes that they were using.

Here they are figuring out what they'll need to get started


First things first, dessert! They made their cookies first so that they could cool and harden while they cooked everything else. The little girls got to help spoon the cookies onto the wax paper.


Did you know that if you stick your tongue out while cutting an onion, your eyes won't water? Mrs. Susan is a wealth of knowledge!


Bailey says she wants to be a chef when she grows up!


Reading the recipe


Stirring the hamburger mixture


The finished meal--cheeseburger bacon bites, fruit salad, cheesy macaroni with steamed veggies, and cookies (not pictured) for dessert.


While the big kids were cooking, the little girls played and made a picture frame.


Everyone got to enjoy the delicious meal afterwards!

Another Corn Maze Field Trip

On Wednesday, we went on a field trip to Hubbs Corn Maze in Clinton. We are so blessed to have neighbors that homeschool their 2 boys who are very close in age to our oldest 2. They invited us to join their homeschool friends on a trip to the corn maze. I'll let the pictures do the talking!

The group before we started the maze


Children of the corn



Check point!


As you can tell, the corn wasn't very tall, so there was no chance of us getting lost! We could see the entrance at any point in the maze.


Bouncing on the big air pillow





Sliding

Wordless Wednesday

Corn Maze Field Trip

Today we went to the Maze Craze corn maze in Hallsboro, NC (with our homeschool group). The weather was beautiful and everyone had so much fun. We started off with a barrel train ride to the center of the corn maze.

Full view of the train

In we go!

Madelyn and Leah waiting for snacks

Avery and Bailey

After we finished the corn maze and had snacks, we raced rubber ducks by pumping water down a tube




(I think the rubber duck race was the favorite of all the kids)
After a picnic lunch, we took a hayride.

Bailey and Avery with the pig

The "hay" tractor

Fall Break and Soccer

We just completed 9 weeks of school. I may have mentioned before that we are taking a week off every 9 weeks this year and today starts our first day of fall break. We kicked it off by having a sleepover last night (Miller and Bailey both had a friend sleep over).

Bailey has been playing soccer with Wilmington Christian Academy this month. She is having so much fun. Here are a few pictures.





Team picture


Action shot