Foxfire Museum

Yesterday we went on a field trip with our homeschool group to the Foxfire Museum in Mountain City, GA.  It was fascinating!  It's all outside with original cabins set up that you can walk through.  So much interesting information!

The Scottish Festival

Yesterday was the Scottish Festival!  It's my husband's favorite town festival.

We saw the parade ...

 

We also stopped by the Franklin Gem Museum.  Claire got to cut open a geode and Fiona found a special seat!

Then we headed down the street and the older three got their face painted - for free!  (Best part for Mom! lol)

Cardinal

Dinosaur

Butterfly

It was a great family day. 

First Lake Day of the Summer!

Yesterday we headed to the lake to meet some fellow homeschoolers.  It was the perfect day for it and we had so much fun!

Power Plant Field Trip

Our homeschool group went to the nuclear power plant in Seneca, SC for a cool hands on presentation and tour about power and electricity.  It was fascinating!

This is only our homeschool group and I think less then half came to the trip!

After we went to a picnic area on the property near the lake and helicopter pad to eat our lunch.  What a beautiful spot! 

It was a bit frustrating when on the way home when I asked the kids what was the most interesting thing they learned and they said, "We didn't learn anything."  Umm, seriously?  I just hope it will either A. soak in or B. just refreshed the information they learned in their science book last week when we were studying electricity. 

Oconaluftee Indian Village

The kids and I really enjoyed our field trip to Cherokee today. We went to the Oconaluftee Indian Village. I think it was kind of fitting that we ended up going on Columbus Day. Let's go learn about the culture that we messed up. Seriously though, it was really educational. Claire loved the beading and exploring the houses, Chandler loved the blow gun demonstration and animal traps and they all loved getting to be part of the "friendship dance". A picnic lunch and playing with friends just topped their day!

Tallulah Gorge

Yesterday we got to go to Tallulah Gorge with some other homeschool families.  It was a great little field trip!

The interpretive center had historical exhibits, examples of local wildlife and a short film on teh ecosystems and history of the gorge.  Then we had a picnic and went for a hike to see a waterfall and the dam.  It was lots of fun and the kids enjoyed being with friends.