Too busy

Okay so having so many kids around is driving me nuts! We had 5 all this week since my 4 were all home (Joshua and Kenzie are on spring break). We've done a lot though. We took the cousin into town a couple of times and visited near the docks. Got a picture of the girls standing in front of the water.


Of course they didn't stand that way long and were quickly running.



I've been taking all 5 of them to gymnastics this week. They've all loved that. Here are my girls and Joshua.



Kenzie practicing on the balance beam.



Joshua practicing on the spring board. That boy can really get some hight! This was just one jump but he got much higher.



Thursdays the homeschooling kids have a science class at the discovery center. This week were learning about plants and trees. Here is Madison looking very interested.



All the younger kids looking at their wood stump samples learning how to tell how old a tree is.



On Friday we go on a hike through the woods and learn about the local trees in the area. One of the things they were doing was learning about taking core samples of the tree to see how old it is without cutting it down. The forestry service is the one teaching this class so they were showing them all the equipment they use.

Here they are using the core tool with the forestery person.



In the photo below she is showing them the core sample.



I just like this picture...



They were also showing them how they estimate the size of a tree here. Izzak was the tallest so he got to climb into the tree.


It's been cold all week and snowing off and on but the snow isn't really sticking for to long. It lasts about a day then goes and then we get it again the next day. I sure am ready for spring right now.