Although it's occasionally nice to stay home and do nothing, after a winter of not being able to do anything, we work to find activities on Saturdays that get us out of the house and doing unique family fun things. This Saturday we started with the Lowe's building project. If you are not doing this - start! It's free, monthly (sometimes more often), and the kids love it. We go to both Home Depot and Lowe's (sometime there's paint and it's permanent - just a friendly warning when getting dressed :) The only down side is what to do with all these wooden projects that just clutter the house, but still worth it. 
After our baseball toys were completed we headed to a nearby farm to watch their spring sheep shearing. 
We paused under a tree for a picnic lunch. It was such a relaxing day!
It was interesting to not only watch the sheep get sheared but to touch the wool coats (they were soft and thick and coated in good-for-your-skin lanolin). 
They also had people spinning the wool into yarn. 
And here's our buddy Zeke getting a lesson on combing the wool before you spin it. 
Check out this hat made from the yarn. 
And my favorite part of the day - watching this lady spin angora directly from the rabbit! 
I should have taken video so you could see how she just grabs tufts of fur and spins it into yarn. Now isn't that an interesting and useful pet! All in all, a very fun (and even educational) family outing. 
Now what to do this Saturday?
After our baseball toys were completed we headed to a nearby farm to watch their spring sheep shearing. We paused under a tree for a picnic lunch. It was such a relaxing day! It was interesting to not only watch the sheep get sheared but to touch the wool coats (they were soft and thick and coated in good-for-your-skin lanolin). They also had people spinning the wool into yarn. And here's our buddy Zeke getting a lesson on combing the wool before you spin it. Check out this hat made from the yarn. And my favorite part of the day - watching this lady spin angora directly from the rabbit! I should have taken video so you could see how she just grabs tufts of fur and spins it into yarn. Now isn't that an interesting and useful pet! All in all, a very fun (and even educational) family outing. Now what to do this Saturday?
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I saw your blog link on the local homeschool email loop, so I thought I'd pop over and say hi!
We almost went to that sheep shearing event, but we just got back in town from vacation the day before & we were pretty pooped! Looks like fun, though!
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