Summer Book Club

A week and a half ago, we had our summer gathering of book club.  We decided to meet at a state park.  We swam, had lunch and the kids did their reports.  I am pretty sure every family was present.

It was a beautiful day.  The park has a spring fed lake which means two things:  very clear water and very cold water!  Of course, the kids didn't mind.  The park also had a diving platform.  I can proudly say I jumped off of it!  With hubby!  Nature Girl jumped twice. The first time she jumped she had held her arms out and it kind of hurt.  So, she was a little hesitant the second time.

Little Mama would walk up to the edge and then chicken out.  Which I told her was absolute fine.  Not everyone has to jump.  She would walk up again, look down and then back away.  There were a bunch of teenagers waiting to jump and they were very patient with her.  Finally, with her daddy by her side, she did it!  And at the top of the platform the teenage girls were all clapping for her.  It was so sweet.  I was proud of her too, for not giving up!  I think she jumped many more times.

The high platform was not Boop's thing, which was totally cool with me.  He hung out with his friends.

But, the real reason we were there was to discuss Black Beauty.  The kids all gave wonderful reports.  Standing up in the middle of the park and just talking away.  Little Mama did an especially good job.  Her report was on all the types of equipment needed to care for a horse such as a curry comb and brushes (she brought some of my stuff from when I owned a horse.)  She also talked about the frog which we learned from our friend is part of the hoof.  She tied it into the book where Beauty had gotten a stone stuck.  She also talked about horse feed and had printed off a picture to show of the different kinds of feed.  She did it all on her own.

Nature Girl did her report on the different breeds of horses in the book and then talked about her favorite breed of horse.  Boop pointed out the different parts of a horse.   The each had tie ins to the book which is what I am hoping we will do more of in the future.

Little Mama after jumping off the high platform.

Nature Girl after jumping off the high platform.

Boop wasn't quite ready to jump yet.  But, hubby and I jumped together.  He was worried about the very cold spring water.  I was worried about how high up we were.  But, we both survived to tell our story.  ;)

We ended our book club day with getting ice cream with a couple other families.  It was such a good day.  And I just love our book club and that we can call it school . . .