Another great field trip!

We had a wonderful free field trip to Lowe's home improvement store recently. The employees were very nice and took the children on a short tour around the store, making sure to hit all the highlights. The kids were fascinated by the paint mixing demonstration.

The kids looked so cute in their Lowe's aprons. The moms loved the garden center.

George being George found a nice place to relax.

And now time for a hammer and nails -woohoo! The kids loved the free woodworking project where they all got to put together wooden racecars.

A job well-done! And did I mention it was free?

Speaking of Field Trips...

I was just thinking of where we have gone over the past few months...

1. Red Apple Farm in Philipston - A pick-your-own New England farm - highly recommended
2. Sholan Farms in Leominster -  Another pick-your-own farm, owned by the city of Leominster and a not-for-profit organization.
3. Worcester Art Museum - We had such a wonderful time here. It's small but has a range of interesting collections. It also offers art classes for all ages. 
4. The Discovery Museums in Acton. Highly recommend! This actually consists of two museums. The Children's Discovery museum is geared for the younger crowd - 6 and under I would say. While small, it is packed with activities to make a child's imagination come alive. G. loved the ball track room and could have stayed there all day. C. is probably just starting to outgrow this museum but still had a lot of fun. There is also the Science Museum housed in a separate building and it is fantastic! It is hands-on science exploration, geared for those over 6, but G. had an incredible time, and there was so much for him to do. It is expensive, $9 per person, but we ended up buying a membership because I can see us coming here a lot. They also have scheduled activities, the day we were there the kids could take apart telephones with tools. Very cool! Tip: Call ahead to see if there is going to be a schoolgroup at the Children's Museum because it can get very crowded!
5. The Ecotarium in Worcester. See previous post.
6. Petco - where the pets go! We had a wonderful field trip here with our local homeschooling group. The kids learned about petcare and all of the pets sold in the store. This Petco does not sell dogs and cats (thank goodness!). We did end up with a new pet though - a blue Beta fish named Thomas.

I'm sure we've been other places this year but I can't think of them right now. We've also been to some neat places for nature walks, but I'll list them in another post. Have a fun day!