Homeschool Quote of the Month

"But give the child work that Nature intended for him, and the quantity he can get through with ease is practically unlimited. Whoever saw a child tired of seeing, of examining in his own way, unfamiliar things?" -Charlotte Mason

May 22, 2011

A-MAZE-ING Sunflowers!

 Yesterday, we visited a local farm which is a little different than the typical farm. Sure, they have produce growing, cows, chickens, pigs. But ya know what else they have? A SUNFLOWER MAZE! So I thought I'd send a little post of pictures from our adventure. Although I took nearly one hundred photos, obviously I can't put that many here. But I'll share quite a few because few things are more beautiful than a sunflower field. I can't think of one at this moment.



Lorelai, Alexis and my granddaughter, Rosie.

Cow! Also named Rosie


A bee doing his job: Beautiful!

This is the map of this year's maze. Yep, that's a goat you see.
Granddaughter and me

My daughter, Lee Anne. (Rosie's Mom)





It was HOT and we kept hitting dead ends in the maze. So Lee Anne plopped herself down for a bit.


Not the best or most flattering picture.. but it's me.


Tree house!

Elvis the pig


Me with 4 of my 5 children.. and granddaughter.


Rosie was saying "I love you more."

Lorelai, Lee Anne and Alexis

Lorelai and Me

Eco-Craft time! This is a pot made of newspaper. Dirt and a sunflower seed were added. 
In a few days, once it sprouts, we'll plant the entire thing (paper and all) into the ground.





Happy Homeschooling!

4 comments:

Jennifer in MamaLand said...

I love seeing the pictures of you; what a great day everybody had...!
Up here, we're still about two months away from having any sunflowers this tall. Haven't seen any little ones yet, even. :-(
Nice to know other places have them, though! :-)))

Michelle said...

We only have 6 weeks of "winter". So we get our growing started quite a bit earlier than other places.

Thanks for stopping by, Jennifer!

Audrey said...

This looks like such an awesome field trip! Great pictures, too. So glad everyone had such a good time.

Angie said...

That is so cool! It inspires me to look for a sunflower maze.