Zoo Snooze

 After spending the day at the Medieval Fair, we spent the night at the zoo!

 During the evening program, Jack was a gorilla.

 Alice was a sea turtle!

 We got to see several animals up close, like this possum...

 ...and a chinchilla...

 ...and an armadillo!

When it got dark, we went on a hike around the zoo!

 

 Owls!

 Can you see the gorilla sleeping?

 It was fun to be out in the zoo in the dark!

 Ready for the late movie!

 Jack and I had pretty padded sleeping bags, so we slept on the floor.  Alice decided to sleep in the wagon!

 When we got up this morning, we went on another hike around the zoo.

 This lion likes to sit in the sun in the mornings--just like another big cat I know!

 When we reached the barn for the nocturnal animals, they still had their lights on!  We could see the owls a lot better this way!

We had a lot of fun!

The Medieval Fair

 Yesterday morning we headed out for the Medieval Fair in Norman, something we've done for quite a while now.

 This is always the very first thing the kids want to do.

 And it still always terrifies me to see them flying through the air.

 Watching the horses!

 We watched to see how they stamp leather.

 And then they got to try it themselves!

 Their finished necklaces!

 They also always love the animals in the petting zoo.

 I remember when they were small enough that I had to ride this with them!

 Our yearly funnel cake!

This actually ended up going much better than I thought it would.  They got to do it for a long time since no one else was in line and they laughed the entire time!

We were worn out by the time we left, but we still had more fun to come!

Owl Moon

 For Alice's most recent unit study, we read Owl Moon and did some fun owl and moon activities.  Since all of my lapbook stuff was on the computer that crashed last year and hasn't been transferred anywhere yet, we skipped that part!

 A couple of good non-fiction go-alongs we used

 Owl Babies was an old favorite but Owls in the Family was new to all of us.  It's a cute story about a boy who rescues and raises two owls.

 We saw some owls when we went to the zoo.  Can you see him in the tube?

 We also dissected owl pellets!

 When I ordered an owl pellet for Jack when he was younger, I was able to find a synthetic one, but these were the real deal.

 He really enjoyed it and was able to put together a lot of a skeleton!

 We went to the planetarium and saw a show that explained the phases of the moon.

 I found this great (and free!) template on TPT!

Lots of fun!

Happy Easter!

 Happy Easter from the Gearys!  We made it to 8:00 church on time!  (And I can't wait until I can take a picture at least one place in the house without junk everywhere!)

 Friday we dyed eggs--no pictures here because one kid chose to just wear undies to avoid getting dye on her clothes and I wasn't going to argue with that logic.

 Saturday we had bunny pancakes--because I knew I wouldn't have time to make them on Easter!

 I made the kids (and Jay) each a bunny treat bag.

 Early Easter morning!

 After church we had resurrection rolls.

We went to Jay's parents' house for dinner.  As you can see by these pictures, I am quite possibly the worst Easter photographer ever.

Happy Easter!