Vertical Endeavors in Glendale Heights offers a discount day for homeschoolers the second Tuesday of each month.  The cost is only $14, which includes a harness rental, to climb anytime between 11 am. and 4 p.m.  We had the place to ourselves!

On Friday, a fun time was had by all, learning about geo-catching with a guide from the Forest Preserve.  We had a large group of kids who stayed mostly dry as they explored the area.  

On Tuesday, several of our families joined together to take in a concert at Wheaton College.  Another concert will take place on Thursday. 

A nice, small gathering for park day today.  The weather was perfect!

On Friday we went to the Ted Stone Forest Preserve for our environmental restoration volunteer service project.  Everyone worked hard and rested well.  Brush was cut, piled up and burned.  Lunch was cooked over a campfire.  And we had perfect weather for it!

On this hot day we were at Elhert Park in Brookfield.  There is a nice shelter for shade, where the parents hung out and the kids retreated to play games when the sun got too hot.  

Another beautiful park day!  The kids climbed trees, played in the playground, played games in the pavilion, and shared donuts from the fabulous BB Donut shop.  Parents talked homeschooling and re-homed used curriculum.  

Perfect weather for brand new archers and experienced ones.  Blackwell has an area for inexperienced archers that includes netting and a gravel area to make arrow retrieval easier.  The older kids also shot at targets in the more advanced area on the grass.  We all shared the bows and arrows our members brought along and had a lot of fun.  

It was a beautiful day for a birthday celebration!  

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