At the zoo

Yesterday we went to the zoo. In this specific case 'we' means: Boas, Rebekka and Heidi. On Fera's birthday, less than a month ago, we went to this same zoo, but we had a very good reason to go again. This would be our first meeting with other christian homeschoolers, whom I know from Jozua24v15, a Yahoo!group. It was so interesting and exciting to meet them! To see all the different families with children, to hear about the daily practice of homeschooling and just sharing the fun of not going to school but being able to go to the zoo on an ordinary Monday!

Because it was quite a rainy day, we did a lot inside. We lingered at the aquariums, we wondered at the monkeys in the tropical heat, we loved playing in the huge indoor playground with lots of sand, water and wood, and we were entertained by the sea lions. And in the meantime we just chatted and played around.

We also did some informal biology. We learnt some new animal names, learnt that male sea lions can be three or four times as big as females, Rebekka fed the sea lions some fish, we discovered that Nemo is a very tiny fish, were amazed at a snake's skeleton, and met some really weird animals, like the elephant fish.

And we practised being kind toward each other, talking to strangers and helping people.

I'm often amazed at Boas and Rebekka's friendship. Although there's eleven months between them, they can get along very, very well. They tell stories to each other, they tell jokes and have fun, they do who-can-sneeze-the-loudest-games and get the giggles, they fight and reconcile again. They're very fond of each other.

I'm very thankful. Another happy day!