Many thanks to all for helping prepare and serve the meal! From left: Kaia, Jane, Maeve, Ronan, Lily, Neely.

We had lots of fun last Sunday mastering puzzles and a few puzzling games.  Some were harder than they looked! We even had a few adult visitors who joined the fun (and it all carried over into Game Night on Wednesday!)

Clara and Helen discover … read more.

Many thanks to a host of folk for their help with the canoe trip to Pillsbury Crossing.
Larry Weaver, Dan Swenson, Brent Garrison, Marisa Larson, Jess Martin, Kristan Corwin, Molly McGaughey, Krista Daniels, and Daniel Rolles were all the muscles of the trip. The kids had … read more.

Sabrina Bowker took us on a wonderful tour of Japan.

We saw a huge buddha and learned some Japanese. Then we had fun with origami! We even managed to make something recognizable – a star box!

Sabrina helps with folding instructions…

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On Saturday, Stephen and Michelle Hill gave us a great tour of the helicopters on base.

Here’s two-thirds of our group.

We took turns climbing on board.

 

The big kids had as much fun as the younger kids.

 

Mark Clarke took us on a tour of Iceland!

23 hours of darkness during the winter appealed to some of us.
23 hours of daylight in the summer appealed to others.
The cold didn’t particularly appeal to anyone.
Seeing the Northern Lights appealed to everyone!

 

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Tom Phillips took us on a tour of insects! Our kiddos already know a LOT about insects and Tom was very impressed. Our outside adventures netted several exciting creatures (that we released back into the wild).

Tom begins to show us the insects he brought.

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Summer programming is in full swing.

We had a tour of “all things bouncy” and made our own bouncy balls. We learned that the following recipe is rather forgiving as a “Tablespoon” can occasionally look an awful lot like a “teaspoon” – ah well.

Bouncy Ball Ingredients
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The K-2 class had a great time on Sunday creating stories for a UU Book of Stories. One student would start the story and then new ideas were introduced by another student, and on and on. Each color represents a different person adding to the … read more.