Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Projects Galore

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Meg’s sewing skills are constantly improving. She works independently on all kinds of projects and creates gifts for friends and family.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Spring Break–Day 5

Animal Kingdom

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Spring Break-Day 4

Magic Kingdom!

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“It’s a small world, after all!”

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Caleb had mixed feelings about standing by goofy, but everyone was excited to tour the Swiss Family Robinson tree house, since we read the book before visiting.

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Spring Break - Day 3

EPCOT

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Living with the Land agriculture tour

 

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Headed to the Maelstrom in Norway

 

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China!

 

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Spaceship Earth

 

Not pictured: our favorite Epcot ride, Soarin’, a simulated hang gliding tour over California.

Spring Break–Day 2

A great day at Cocoa Beach!

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Spring Break - Day 1

Kennedy Space Center

This was a great field trip day since we had been studying astronomy.

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The crawler transporter pictured above carried the shuttle to the launch pad. It weighs 6 million pounds and moves 1 mile an hour when loaded. The picture below shows the “road” it uses. The two 40 ft wide lanes are separated by a 50 ft wide grass median. The gravel you see is 4-8 inches deep and all the layers of the road together are 7 feet deep.

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Rocket garden

 

After leaving KSC we stopped by the beach for a windy evening romp in the sand. Back tomorrow for swimming!

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