Meeting the HUGgers

Yesterday the kids and I met up with our SMpls HUG (Homeschoolers/Unschoolers Gatherings) Group for the first time over at Powderhorn Park. What a fun group they are! Tyler and Emily both had so much fun. They can't wait till next Thursday so they can do it again! We plan to make this group part of or weekly schedule. It felt good to get out and meet some people... and the kids LOVED playing with all of the other kids. Here's a little photo mosaic I made with a few of the photos I took...

Tyler got to play Baseball (Thanks, Peter, for working with them on that). Emily got to swing a little. Some of the kids showed Tyler how to play their version of Dungeons & Dragons. Emily made a little friend and they had fun teeter tottering, playing in the sand, and playing with a big ball in the grass. We also made some Nature Prints in Clay like Melissa over at In the Sparrow's Nest did (Thanks, Amanda, for organizing this!). We painted ours and they are drying right now... we plan to make a mobile out of them. I will post a pic when we get it all finished up.

We also had a little visitor at the park...

This Little Brown Bat came to show off a bit. We thought it was sort of odd that he was out during the daytime... and so close to people. He sat on the tree for quite some time while we checked him out. I guess maybe he knew we hadn't been out for a nature walk yet this week and decided to bring a little bit of nature to us. :)