mohaus: Cardboard Sledding

Friday, March 30, 2018

A Year with Frog and Toad

*all photos of the play via the Youth Theatre at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre Facebook page

Less than a month after we saw The House at Pooh Corner at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre, we had the opportunity to see A Year with Frog and Toad.

I have to confess that this was the play I was looking forward to the most, and it didn't disappoint.

The Frog and Toad books are some of my favorite stories from childhood and I had been looking forward to reading them with Jack. Knowing there would be a play to go along with it, made this even better!

I didn't realize that this play was actually a musical, and it was by far my favorite production we saw this year. The kids did such a great job performing, and they really followed the stories in the books.

This was the first book series that I had Jack read aloud to me and he really remembered all of the little stories.

Jack's favorite characters were, of course, Frog and Toad, but he also loved how the character of the Snail was handled. It was a minor character, but she had her own song that continued through the entire performance as she kept showing up to let us know she was still making the effort to deliver the mail to Toad! She was my favorite character too!

We had such a great time and are already looking forward to next school year when performances will include A Wrinkle in Time and A Charlie Brown Christmas!

After the show, we had a chance to meet the cast and take a photo with them. I can't tell you how impressed I was with all of the kids in the show!

Now that our kids are old pros at attending the theater, they expected to go to lunch at Good Dog (like we did after the last play we saw) and then play at Coolidge Park.

Unfortunately the carousel was undergoing maintenance, but the kids still had fun climbing the big magnolia trees and chasing each other.

Before heading home, we decided the weather was perfect for a little cardboard sledding, so we headed over to Cardboard Hill in Renaissance Park and let the kids slide down all sides of this steep hill.

It was such a fun way to spend our school day!

Productions we have had the privilege of seeing performed this year include: Charlotte's Web, The House at Pooh Corner, and A Year with Frog and Toad . We can't wait for next year's line up.

If you've been following along, here are our previous Friend Friday adventures this school year:
August: Coolidge Park
September: Creative Discovery Museum ⎮ Greenway Farms Picnic ⎮ Chattanooga Zoo ⎮ Big Soddy Gulf
October: Reflection Riding Center (Monday Friend Day) ⎮ Charlotte's Web

November: Creative Discovery Museum ⎮ Pioneer Days at Audobon Acres

December: Christmas Cookie Party ⎮ Christmas Cookie and Bird Ornament Party

January: Creative Discovery Museum ⎮ High Point Climbing Day ⎮ Challenger Center
February: Hidden Hills Farm Maple Syrup Day ⎮ Valentine's Party ⎮ The House at Pooh Corner

March: Hidden Hills Tractor Day and Cardboard Sledding (sans friends) ⎮ Cousins Visit the CDM ⎮ Cousins Visit the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum ⎮ Chester Frost (sans friends)

Friday, March 09, 2018

Tractor Day, 2018

We make an effort each week to meet up with friends for outings every Friday (if you follow along, we affectionately call this Friend Friday).

Unfortunately it doesn't always work out for friends to join us.

I think that is one of the hard things about homeschool, everyone has different things going on and sometimes schedules don't line up (nothing wrong with this, its just a part of homeschool life).

But that doesn't stop us from getting out and having fun every Friday.

We have been visiting Hidden Hills Farm since 2015 when Isaac was just a month old, and we always try to get to a couple of their play days each year.

Our very favorite themed day is their tractor day (we went in 2015 and 2016, and we didn't want to miss out this year!

So even though no friends were able to join us, the boys and I made the trek across town to check out the tractors. It didn't disappoint!

The kids took turns riding the horses, we checked out the animals, and of course there were lots of tractors to play on.

The best part is riding in the bucket of the excavator! I have ridden with the boys in the past, but this year they wanted to do it on their own.

Jack actually rode it solo at first until other kids noticed him. Isaac took some convincing but rode in the end.

They also enjoyed a trip around the back field on a four wheeler.

If you have young kids and havent' been to a Play Day at Hidden Hills, you really need to go! Our favorite day is Tractor Day, and this year we also really enjoyed the Maple Syrup Day.

After we wrapped up our time at Hidden Hills, we headed downtown for a little cardboard sledding. This is quickly becoming one of our favorite past times... hopefully we will have a chance to do it with friends soon!