Field Trips Galore

Since the girls don't seem to have more than 1 field trip a year through their school, I make a concerted effort to try to do family field trips (even sometimes taking them out of school to do so).  In addition, Jonas and Emma had some preschool field trips to the local gymnastics place.  The first time we went to  take advantage of the introductory class with some friends and the second time we joined Jonas's preschool buddies for an actual field trip.  Emma was taking it very seriously and they both did really great!

Big field trip at the gym

Jonas doing the monkey walk on the parallel bars

Emma on the balance beam

 Another day my parents joined the kids and I for a fieldtrip to Ano Nuevo State Park to see the elephant seals as they wintered over for breeding and birthing calves.  It was a fascinating adventure, the docent was very informative and I think we all enjoyed seeing the blobs of elephant seals very close up!  Emma was not a huge fan of the backpack, but it helped us to all make it.  Jonas and Emma immediately went to play in the sand whenever the docent stopped to fill us in on elephant seal facts.

Most of the crew before the hike

Jonas and Emma playing in the sand

Kevin and Pat right by the seals

Lillian by the seals

Cait and Emma by the seals on the beach

 This week our field trip was to the Oakland Zoo followed by a visit to Dad's office.  We had some passes that were going to expire at the end of the month and were not figuring out a time that we could go as a family, so we took a day and joined some friends for a day at the zoo.  We were able to enjoy an elephant focus by a docent which was very cool.

Hanging with the bats

Cait and 4 kids at the zoo

Jocelyn by the giraffes

The whole crew getting ready for the zoo day

The girls on the frog statue

Brushing down the goats

Jonas and his buddy at the zoo

 We have also done some fun local outings on minimum days or holidays from school.  Swimming at the rec center, biking on a local trail.  We are very lucky to have some good friends around to join us on these outings!

Swimming with friends at the rec center

Biking the harvey bear trail

Our biggest field trip lately was taking Lillian and Jonas with me to Virginia to visit cousins and do some sightseeing in Washington, D.C.! More details on that trip coming soon!