This summer we have been participating in the Delaware Great Parks Pursuit Challenge.  If we complete 20 out of 25 tasks we will receive season passes for the Delaware State Parks next year.  There are also prizes for completing 9-13 and 14-19 tasks but we are ambitious.  Tasks need to be signed by staff/park rangers.  Anyway today we went to Lums Pond  to check off pedal boating.  We also did a nice, short nature trail.  The extent of our wildlife viewing was a groundhog but that's better than nothing.  We are about half way through our list of challenges and have until the end of December to submit our sheet. 

 

 

 

Last week we took a ferry to Pea Patch Island to visit Fort Delaware, another adventure on the list.  This challenge is a fairly inexpensive way to enjoy the great outdoors and have some much needed family fun.

On another note, today completed our first week of homeschooling for this school year.  I must say it went well, much better than last year.  Emma is paying more attention to her work and Abby is doing her "work" (busy bags mostly--more on these at a future date) as well.