Well, we may no longer be full time roadschoolers, but the adventures continue for the Ortega girls as we find interesting and fun stuff to do right here at home. My sister Roni turned us on to the Musical Circus at the Pasadena Civic Center: www.theorchestras.org. This morning we awoke at the butt crack of dawn to be in Pasadena by 8:00 am. The event actually started at 8:30, but I am well know for my habit of getting lost while driving just about anywhere...have I mentioned what a great driver I am? There, we met up with the girls buddies Jacob, Charlie and their awesome mom Amber. For the first half hour of the event we had a terrific time learning about and actually playing several instruments. Skylar's favorite was the violin, Haley's the flute and Kaelyn's the cello. Once we finished, we filed into an auditorium were we enjoyed the wonderful storytelling skills of Diane Ferlatte.
Afterwards, we said good-bye to our friends and rushed home to change into jeans and sun hats and headed out to Burbank's Stough Canyon Nature Center to celebrate Earth Day! When we arrived, we picked some gloves out of a box, grabbed a trash bag and started pulling non-native plants from under the bridge. Since these plants are also a fire hazard here in dry Southern California, we were proud that we were doing our part to help out. Afterwards, we participated in activities and visited the different instructional booths. The girls had their faces painted, and decorated plastic flower pots where we will plant the drought resistant seeds we were given. We learned how to reuse old t-shirts to make practical shipping bags. We even saw a shopping bag made almost entirely of recycled tea bags! We also saw a terrific musical show called "All that Trash", which taught us all about recycling, reducing and reusing. We came home even more determined to do our part to go green! Happy Earth Day!
Well, we may no longer be full time roadschoolers, but the adventures continue for the Ortega girls as we find interesting and fun stuff to do right here at home. My sister Roni turned us on to the Musical Circus at the Pasadena Civic Center: www.theorchestras.org. This morning we awoke at the butt crack of dawn to be in Pasadena by 8:00 am. The event actually started at 8:30, but I am well know for my habit of getting lost while driving just about anywhere...have I mentioned what a great driver I am? There, we met up with the girls buddies Jacob, Charlie and their awesome mom Amber. For the first half hour of the event we had a terrific time learning about and actually playing several instruments. Skylar's favorite was the violin, Haley's the flute and Kaelyn's the cello. Once we finished, we filed into an auditorium were we enjoyed the wonderful storytelling skills of Diane Ferlatte.
Afterwards, we said good-bye to our friends and rushed home to change into jeans and sun hats and headed out to Burbank's Stough Canyon Nature Center to celebrate Earth Day! When we arrived, we picked some gloves out of a box, grabbed a trash bag and started pulling non-native plants from under the bridge. Since these plants are also a fire hazard here in dry Southern California, we were proud that we were doing our part to help out. Afterwards, we participated in activities and visited the different instructional booths. The girls had their faces painted, and decorated plastic flower pots where we will plant the drought resistant seeds we were given. We learned how to reuse old t-shirts to make practical shipping bags. We even saw a shopping bag made almost entirely of recycled tea bags! We also saw a terrific musical show called "All that Trash", which taught us all about recycling, reducing and reusing. We came home even more determined to do our part to go green! Happy Earth Day!
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