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Loving our field trips!

I had the kids out on another field trip today.  We spent the day at a gorgeous little settlement that’s set in the 1800’s.

They got to make toys from that era, as well as perform several of the chores that children would have regularly been expected to perform: hauling water up from the creek, scrubbing laundry on washboards then hanging it out to dry, making butter, cleaning wool, gathering kindling. Good thing their work ethic is back in check – I’m thinking they’re ready to step it up at home now!

It was a fantastic field trip and a really nice time with the kids.

Afterward, I decided to take them out for lunch in the nearby downtown rather than head back to the house. I opted for a favorite spot of mine (and my hubby’s) that has a nice deck right next to a wonderful little river. We’re always highly entertained by the countless ducks cruising by while they’re upside down, looking for food!

Duck bums are too cute!

The restaurant also has a nice bison burger, so that’s another reason why it’s on my list of favorites.

The kids and I had nicely settled in on the deck and were taking in the sights and sounds of nature surrounding us. We were watching a gray squirrel on the deck railing as it was gnawing on an acorn – fresh off last week’s science class about rodents at the Nature Zoo, the kids were having fun trying to impress mom with their intellectual prowess!

Suddenly, my 7-year old daughter turned to me and said, loud enough for the patrons at surrounding tables to clearly hear, “Oh, speaking of acorns, I’ve been meaning to ask you something. I’m not sure if I saw it on Hannity, The O’Reilly Factor or Glenn Beck, but I’ve been wondering what’s going on with this ACORN organization?!”

I promptly choked on my beverage.

WHAT?! How OLD are you??

You should have seen the looks on the faces of people around us!! A foursome of gentlemen who were enjoying lunch after a round of golf were turning red with laughter! I’m not sure if it was because of her question… or because of my reaction!

My 4-year old son, who revels in his recently acquired role of “know-it-all”, smoothly responded to his sister, “It was Glenn Beck. I like that guy!”

Is it obvious that we’ve been tuning into Fox News quite a bit more in recent months, with all the corruption and shenanigans surrounding “health care” reform?

Apparently, it’s obvious to our children!

Our happy-go-lucky squirrel watching and trivia turned to conversation revolving around maintaining a level of respect for the President of the United States… and simultaneously balancing that with standing up for what’s right in the face of lies, corruption, inaccurate paradigms and so on.

Just light lunch conversation with my little people!

Oh well, there are DEFINITELY worse things they could be paying attention to on television.

Tags: ACORN, corruption, government, health care reform, politics, President Obama