Hat Creek Ranch Fieldtrip.

 We went on a field trip to Hat Creek Ranch.  I had set up this field trip before we knew we were moving.  I passed it on to a friend because I thought we wouldn't be around to go.  We ended up being able to attend.  We were so excited!  So here are a few pictures to show the trip. :)

 

My kiddos outside the stage coach getting ready for a ride.

 Little D and Miss R getting ready for the ride.

In the "classroom" learning about the Gold Rush.

 Listening to the instructor

 Old Time Piano

 Old Record Player

 Playing a long ago game...forget the name of it though.

 All three boys playing the game.

 Long ago sewing machine

 Mr. E and Mr. L on the coach

A Shelter

Pit House

Dream Weaver

 Shelter

 Learning about how meat was cured.

 A pot for making stew

 Learning how fish was cooked

waiting for the next station.

Woohoo, Little Mr. D found his arrowhead.

 Mr. L found his arrowhead

 Mr. E found his arrowhead

Miss R. found her arrowhead

 Arrowhead necklace

Arrowhead necklace

 Arrowhead necklace

 Arrowhead necklace

 Arrowhead necklace and miniature drum

Arrowhead necklace and miniature drum

Arrowhead necklace and miniature drum

 Arrowhead necklace and miniature drum

 A Carriage.

Hat Creek Ranch Entrance.  :)

Last Pottery class for 2011-2012 school year

So, we finally got to go finish off our pottery pieces after along break.  Here are some lovely pictures of the finished products and of the kids finishing up their works of art!

Mr. E's masks.

Mr. D's mask

Mr. L's pottery

Miss R's pottery

Mr. D's mask.

Miss R hard at work

Mr. E cleaning up.

Mr. D painting his pieces.

Mr. L posing.

Miss R showing off some of her work.

Some of the finished pieces at the last class.  Mr. E's is the blue mask in the middle, Miss R's mask is the pink one, Mr. L's things are in the upper left corner along with Mr. D's things.

Bakery Field Trip

We had a lovely trip to a local bakery today.  We learned how they make bread, how it is cut, how the bread rises and gets cooled.  It was lovely.  A fellow homeschooler set it up for our reading group.  What a great outing.  Here are some wonderful pictures of the day!

Our little group before we started the tour, in the front of the bakery.

One of the bakers, making French bread.

Some of the many loaves of bread we saw on the tour.

One of the two large mixers.

The other mixer.

The baker prepping some dough.

The kids near a room beside the oven which they use to make the bread rise.

The ovens.  He said there were over two hundred loaves of bread in it....I think that is how many he said, some crazy amount anyway, lol.

Getting ready to take the bread out of the ovens.

Assembly line for getting the bread out, one person took it out, one person flipped out the pans and another couple people put them on the cooling shelves.

Some of the many, many loaves of bread!

Cutting a loaf for the kids to see.

Bread in the back of the bakery, cooling near the open doors.

The cutting machine.

Our "little" group of homeschoolers after the tour and after their yummy treat of ginger cookies.  As you can see Mr. B has a pack of buns.  We all purchased some yummy, fresh baked goods after the tour.  Yummy!!!