Harvest

"The sky so bright

come dance tonight,

to a merry tune

we'll sing a song

dance all night long

beneath the Harvest Moon!"

 ~Little Bear

This week has been all about harvest.  The harvest moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox and this year it was the very next day!  We talked about the moon and stars, and their relationship to earth and how the season has changed.  We made our own harvest moons and learned how to "sew"

Wesley sewing his moon

We talked about how the moon is so named because it helps the farmer harvest later into the evening.  Our farmers spent time in the garden to harvest our own vegetables for soup. 

Matthew loves the garden.  If I can't find him he is always there.

We also harvested pears while climbing a pear tree.

Thank you to Kim for letting us have this rare opportunity! 

We got to check humming bird off the chart :)

Wesley holding a humming bird.

We took  nature walks to find signs of Autumn.  We talked about the equinox and how it is only one of two days a year when the day and night are in perfect balance.  The boys brought a few things home for our new seasonal nature table. 

Autumn nature table

On baking day we made oatmeal cookies.



On painting day we made oatmeal cookies again.

adapted from Betty Crocker~

1/2 cup sugar 

1/2 cup brown sugar

1- stick of butter, softened

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 egg

1 1/2 cups oats

1 cup flour

1/2 cup sliced almonds

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Heat oven to 375. Mix all ingredients except oats, flour, nuts and chocolate chips.  Then, add them in.  Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake until light brown, about 9 minutes.  Remove immediately from sheet and cool.  Delish

 

We went to our favorite place, Axdahls to get corn for our corn chowder lunch and feed the animals.  We attempted to make dolls from the husks...we(I) need more practice.

We read a lot of stories pertaining to this time of year.  One we really liked was called Possum's Harvest Moon By Anne Hunter.  It was a perfect way to end our harvest week.

Next week it is about apples and Michaelmas...

until then  ~ blessings