Sydney and her Daddy
She used to do this to him all the time.
Coddiwomple at Walmart
3 months ago
Friday, October 16, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
A Day at the Orlando Temple
I took this with my little point and shoot camera. I love how it turned out.
This week was the first time Richard and I have been to the temple since we've been in Florida. We have no good excuse for this other than not making it a priority. Richard took Tuesday off so we could go while the kids were in school.
The Orlando Temple is just under two hours away and is actually located in Windermere where, as Rick made sure to point out, Tiger Woods lives.
The other day I was wondering out loud about how we don't have a temple in Tampa, while Utah gets yet another one. Well, in our session were saints from the Tallahassee stake who had travelled four hours to serve. Let's just say, I was humbled and will remember to be grateful for our nearby beautiful Orlando Temple.
Energy & Marine Center
Sydney and Spencer's classes went on the neatest field trip to the EMC in Port Richey, FL. They learned about tides, plankton, as well as estuary & marsh food chains in very hands-on lessons.
Oyster Clutch
Sydney's teacher is demonstrating the making of oyster clutches. One floats in the water until it finds a good spot. Then it spits a cement and it stays there forever. Eventually, more will add on.
They had to break the clutches using tweezers to pull off the different invertebrates and put them in the bowl with the appropriate label. Sydney's favorite part of this was trying to catch all the crabs. They were fast little guys.
Spencer finally dared to pick up the crabs once he had gloves on. He especially loved pulling off the oysters. It was really cute seeing the two of them get so into it.
The first fiddler crab Spencer dared to catch. (It's a boy crab since one arm is shorter than another).
Washing up for lunch.
Waiting for all the groups to get back so they can eat.
Catching plankton
Spencer & Sydney were called "towers". (Camera died when it was her turn). They towed the rope up and down the bridge dragging a fine net with a collector at the bottom that had a pop-top.
The "rinser" would wash the net to flush plankton that may be stuck on the sides to the bottom.
The "collector" pops the top and drains the water into his glass jar.
Off to the lab with their jar of plankton.
Scientists admiring their creatures under a microscope. They used droppers to place water from their jars on slides.
It was really cool (gross) seeing all the leggy things that we unintentionally swallow when we swim in the ocean.
Heading out to do some seining.
They were taught to shuffle their feet to scare away the sting rays. As they were dragging the net across the floor they were catching shrimp, fish, crabs, etc..
When they pulled the net out of the water they were to use their bare hands and put all the creatures they captured into buckets of water. Sydney squealed every time she grabbed one and raced to the bucket. Spencer refused to touch one thing even after telling me all day he'd be braver than her because he'd touched a fish with Grandpa Jones this summer.
They both had a great time and learned so much! Thank goodness Sydney had a disposable camera and once I get it developed I'll add more pictures of her.
Oyster Clutch
Sydney's teacher is demonstrating the making of oyster clutches. One floats in the water until it finds a good spot. Then it spits a cement and it stays there forever. Eventually, more will add on.
They had to break the clutches using tweezers to pull off the different invertebrates and put them in the bowl with the appropriate label. Sydney's favorite part of this was trying to catch all the crabs. They were fast little guys.
Spencer finally dared to pick up the crabs once he had gloves on. He especially loved pulling off the oysters. It was really cute seeing the two of them get so into it.
The first fiddler crab Spencer dared to catch. (It's a boy crab since one arm is shorter than another).
Washing up for lunch.
Waiting for all the groups to get back so they can eat.
Catching plankton
Spencer & Sydney were called "towers". (Camera died when it was her turn). They towed the rope up and down the bridge dragging a fine net with a collector at the bottom that had a pop-top.
The "rinser" would wash the net to flush plankton that may be stuck on the sides to the bottom.
The "collector" pops the top and drains the water into his glass jar.
Off to the lab with their jar of plankton.
Scientists admiring their creatures under a microscope. They used droppers to place water from their jars on slides.
It was really cool (gross) seeing all the leggy things that we unintentionally swallow when we swim in the ocean.
Heading out to do some seining.
They were taught to shuffle their feet to scare away the sting rays. As they were dragging the net across the floor they were catching shrimp, fish, crabs, etc..
When they pulled the net out of the water they were to use their bare hands and put all the creatures they captured into buckets of water. Sydney squealed every time she grabbed one and raced to the bucket. Spencer refused to touch one thing even after telling me all day he'd be braver than her because he'd touched a fish with Grandpa Jones this summer.
They both had a great time and learned so much! Thank goodness Sydney had a disposable camera and once I get it developed I'll add more pictures of her.
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