Managed to find the kitchen counters again. That's always a bonus. Especially when you are trying to make breakfast and can't find room to break eggs.
Even managed to get the girls started on some home-schooling stuff. They literally went nuts for their home-school folders. I really do like them a lot. A pocket for pencils and such with two sections behind - one for their journals and the second for the worksheets. The girls have been driving me crazy for weeks to use their journals but I've managed to keep their hands off until today. But when they saw there were worksheets to be done - well break out the good china cause we're celebrating. Yeah, the girls love worksheets that much. I'm sure they were even more motivated when I told them after doing some HS we would be going to cut lavender.
So this afternoon we packed some water and a snack, and headed out to Seven Oaks Lavender Farm.
With a coupon in hand, the girls got to design their own sachets and fill them with lavender.
They each took to the fields with a short tour and explaination of the kinds of lavender from one of the nice ladies who was assisting everyone in making crafts and wreaths using cut lavender. We had a short, but informative home-school lesson to include introduction to the two French and two English varieties and their prespective purposes. Then the girls set out with scissors in hand and cut some lavender to take home. I figure we walked away with about 30 strands, two sachets, three Lemon-Lavender cupcakes (OMG - to die for good), and some new knowledge.
The girls and I sat on the back of the Xterra and wrote in their journals about some of the things they learned, and they each drew a picture of lavender. Very cute.
The last thing we did was spend a few minutes playing with and petting the cute bunnies they had on hand. Absolutely adorable and so soft. Both girls fell in love with the all white bunny.
Finally, throughtout the entire afternoon I managed to snap a few pictures here and there of some of the wildlife - bees to be exact. And butterflies. And flowers.
Made it home in time to run out for dinner at Subway and then back home to change for Tae Kwon Do classes. And although my self-defense classes seem to have gone by the wayside (explanation to come later) it was a very enjoyable day leading up to the rapid decline of two girls consciousness. In other words, they both passed out within minutes of getting home and into jammy's.
So with that we can now mark one more thing off our 101 Fun list:
DONE
#47 - Pick lavender
Good night girls. Sweet dreams. Tomorrow brings about another adventure - just not sure what exactly yet.
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