A Family Harvest

Sampling Great Grandpa's tomatoes, straight from the vine.

When you are educating your children at home every outing can become an educational outing full of warm memories.  We are lucky to have family close by who love my boys and are excited to help us in our efforts to raise boys of character. Over this holiday weekend we were able to drive up for a visit to  my husband's parents' home.

We started a small square-foot garden for ourselves this spring as part of our botany unit but that just doesn't quite compare with a visit to Great Grandpa's garden.

We came home with enough tomatoes for several batches of salsa. I know what we will be doing this afternoon.  Check back later for our recipe and images of our follow up activites.

 

Four generations.

Grandpa also took us to visit a friend's farm where my boys were able to gather eggs, feed pigs, and pet the baby cows.  Our Hens and Geese activity will have more meaning after this.

Freedom

Every time we visit I'm envious of the peace and beauty of the valley. I wish my boys could have this space and freedom to play everyday. Maybe someday I'll have my own large yard and garden, bees and chickens (okay, maybe I'm not really ready for chickens.)  For now we have a wonderful opportunity to practice graciousness and penmanship as we prepare thank you notes this afternoon.