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Today was a field trip day.  Ethan's class went to Elm's Beach to learn about protecting the bay.  It was a lot of fun.  Actually it was a perfect day.  It was cool and a little bit over cast but for a whole day outside, that was not supposed to include swimming, it was ideal.  We arrived and the kids assembled on picnic tables by the water, under some pine trees so learn about our eco-system.  They learned how to use a compass and read different kinds of maps.

After lunch they learned how to test water salinity and fished for native creatures in a frog pond, the bay and a marsh.

Ethan "fell" in pretty quickly and spent the rest of his time wading up to his hips catching things and "trying to get out".  The rest of his group also "slipped in".

 They caught a lot of little froglets, tiny fish, shrimp, beetles, frogs and other fabulous things.  It was  cold, dirty day and couldn't have been more fun.