Field Trips & more

When we went to Ft. Sill to stay with Drew we has some great 'field trips'. We visited Geronimo's grave. It was the first time we had really talked about Native Americans. We just took in the sites and I explained that a long time ago the Native Americans lived in the United States before we did and that Geronimo was a famous Native American.

We also visited the conservation area at Ft. Sill. They had a bobcat, a wolf, a turkey and birds. The girls were excited to see the animals but we were careful to explain that these kind of animals live in the wild and are not people's pets, so we have to keep our hands to ourselves. I also explained to them that they were living here so that they could be taken care of and be safe.

We also went back to Prairie Dog Town. We've been before, but always enjoy going back. We have learned that if we sit quietly and be respectful that they trust us more and will come very close. This time we fed them goldfish crackers and had lots of little critter friends.

Lastly we went up on Mt. Scott. It is so beautiful and you can see so much. We got out long enough to take a few pictures, but it was really cold and windy. Alex really took to the mountains this trip. As we were driving through the wildlife refuge she kept saying, "There's a mountain! There's another one! That mountain big!" We talked about how beautiful they were and I asked her who made the mountains. "GOD did!" I love that they know that.

So, back at home we had a fairly normal week back at therapy. Not much formal school stuff, but Alex practiced tracing letters in her workbook on her own yesterday. This afternoon we colored on a big poster board and drew pictures. Shapes, people, letters, names, etc.
This morning we went to Misty's to play with the kiddos. They all played and although Emma was a pill they seemed to have a good time. Church and Sunday School tomorrow.