Tag Archives: my boys

Homeschooling, My Family

At first I said no.

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After watching me take many pictures of this cute little bunny that visited our yard, my youngest asked if he could take some pictures.

I had just put the camera back in the house and sat down in the hammock.

I knew I should probably put a strap on the camera(we never use them) if he was going to walk around with it.

So I said now was not a good time.

As soon as I said it though I realized his excitement and interest made it a great time.

I did not know how interested he would be in taking pictures when it was more convenient for me.

Isn’t this one of the reasons I homeschool so that my kids can pursue something because they actually want to know more about it instead of it being the next chapter in the textbook?

So I went inside and got my backup camera ready for him to use.

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I think saying not right now is okay.

My boys know that I am not there to grant their every wish.

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I am just glad this time I said yes.

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My oldest tends to question shots.

He deletes them and tries again.

My youngest on the other hand had only good things to say about his pictures.

I heard “got it” over and over again.

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These are two of the shots he took.

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I love seeing my boys learn with enjoyment.

Museums/Events

The Zoorassic Exhibit at the Tulsa Zoo

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Our local zoo is having a Zoorassic exhibit for the summer.

I was not sure about it since it costs extra but I told the boys we would try it out once.

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I liked the plaques filled with information about the dinosaurs.

I was shocked out how little evolution they put in.

It was a nice change for once to read just about the dinosaurs.

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The boys really enjoyed seeing all of these guys!

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They are all animated and makes noises.

I told the boys they needed to dial it down a bit before they scared some poor young child.

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It is hard to dial it down though when you are being spit at by a dinosaur.

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I am pretty sure the spitting one was their favorite.

Most people tried to rush by before they got sprayed while the boys waited and waited for it to go off.

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They really liked the baby dinosaurs as well!

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The T-rex was the last one.

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He was huge!

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I tried to have them go slow but they were so excited we were done before they knew it!

Since there was not really a crowd we backtracked and did it all again.

At $5 a person($4 with membership discount) it was a bit much for me but they really liked it.

I am glad we went back through though and really took our time the second time.

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Of course we checked out some other areas of the zoo while we were there.

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My oldest was my spotter for me.

Every time this guy would start his walk back towards me he would shout that he was coming so I could get this pic.

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They had never seen this stuff out before at the giraffe exhibit.

The boys really enjoyed getting to see and touch something new!

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I think they had it out because it was feeding time!

We had never seen them have feeding open to the public either!

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We did not actually feed them since it costs extra but we had fun watching for a while!

If you have a little dino fan I would recommend taking them through the exhibit while it is here this summer!

It might be a little intense for really small ones though.

I saw a couple rushing through while their daughter covered her ears.

She did not like all the noises they were making!