One of the best parts of homeschooling is taking days off according to OUR schedule.  And our schedule likes to acknowledge the good-weather days! 

We made another fall trip to the zoo, and this time we brought along our friends.

The place was very busy, but part of that crowd included a large zoological club.  That meant the docents were everywhere.  We got to see an otter feeding and lesson, as well as a polar bear lesson.  AND they put live fish in the polar bears’ pond.  We got to watch the male polar bear hunt for fish.  He’s a little slow, but finally we watched him catch two.  The large crowd of kids seemed to be evenly split between cheering for the polar bear and cheering for the fish!