Today I went on a field trip with Steph's class. We went to a site in Rhinebeck, way, way back behind our rec. center and through a huge farm. It is a site where they recently dug up some old bones and tools that they believe date back to the Mohican Indians. The kids had made fishing nets in class last week and they used the nets in the stream to try to ...
we interrupt this story about the field trip to inform you that it is currently 9:15 pm and Chris just puked.. more on this later.
.. so they used the nets to try to catch fish like the Mohican's did. But as you will see in the photo, the holes in the net are a bit large. They also learned to crack nuts with rocks and they dug in the dirt and sifted it to see if they could find any rocks that might have been used as tools by the Native Americans. This was all run by the Archeology group at Bard College, so they took the potential Native American tools back to Bard to study them. The kids had a blast. I was actually the official photographer for the Rhinebeck Science Foundation who I believe sponsored the event. It was a beautiful day for the kids to be outside fishing! Here are a few pics:
One of my favorite photos..
OK, so back to Chris. The boys scout troops in both Red Hook and Rhinebeck were having a recognition dinner for a local family who runs a local business and who give a lot back to the community. Chris was asked to be one of the 4 color guard guys.. (not the techical term I'm sure). He got a really nice dinner out of it, although he said he only had 2 slices of meat (prime rib he thinks) and some bread, because everything else was "salad kind of stuff". He loved doing the color guard and was given a color guard badge for his uniform.
After the dinner, he went right to religion. I picked him up after religion at 8:45 (yes, very late!) and he said his stomach was not feeling well.. so he went right to bed. But.. well.. at 9:15.. you know the rest of the story. Poor kid. Not sure if he's sick or it was something he ate.. we'll find out in the morning.
Well, I finally finished processing all the photos I took at the 6th grade circus. There are a LOT of them! If you are brave enough, you can look here: (click on Galleries --> School Events --> BMS events). Look at the clown photos, they are cute www.kcasssens.smugmug.com
Have a great Thursday!