Today we went to the Great Smoky Mtns Heritage Center on a field trip. We hadn’t been here before and I really don’t think I had heard of it. Just one of those places we pass coming and going to the park all the time. It was a really nice place  with lots of history [...]

Today we took a fieldtrip to the Knoxville Fire Station. This was our first trip to a fire station. I can’t believe we haven’t been before now, but I am glad if was at a big station. They had all the trucks and a boat that they use on the river. They learned all about [...]

Jason’s parents took the kids and I to the Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies today. Wish Jason could have been there too, I really didn’t know what to expect. I thought it was going to be pretty small , but it really wasn’t.  It was bigger than I expected and it was a [...]

My friend Christy had her monthly get together, this month’s theme was “The Olympic’s”. We each brought a main dish and a dessert from one of the represented countries. I chose Germany and Italy with German Chocolate Cake and Spaghetti. I was going to attempt Lasagna, but seeing that last time I tried it tasted [...]

We have had a very busy week off! Monday we started off with an idea from Heather, (thanks) Hotdog Creatures! The kids loved making these things for lunch. All you do is cut up some hotdogs and use spaghetti noodles to make your creature. Then just boil them until done! Fast and simple and the [...]

So over the past couple of weeks, we grew some butterflies. It amazed me how fast they grow and transform and how short there lives are. Kind of sad if you think about it. But hear was our experience with them. We received the larvae on Sept. 4th. They were no longer than about 3/4″ [...]