Category: Field Trips and Journeys

Sorenson Family Reunion 2019

What happens when you get 14 kids and 10 adults, who all happen to be related, all together for a week? You celebrate a family reunion!

Playing with Cousins

These cousin photos from July show the various stages of play, 2019 style, from preK to tween.

In the preK-ers, we see kids engaging in basic imagination play, using little people toys as little people.
In the early elementary children, we notice them using the toys to build a new more elaborate type of imagination play in a completely new and creative “world”.
In the tweens, notice the complete immersion in phones and tablets, where each is interested in the story or game of the other cousins, and all are comparing the gadgets….

Family Pictures

Sorenson Tee-Shirts

A Magic Show

Sleep Over

Mary, Paul, and i spent the night at Grandma’s house with cousins!

Boating on Herrick Lake

Rockets!

In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the space shuttle that went to the moon, we made our own rockets.

A Trip to Chicago

We went to Navy Pier to see the play of The Wizard of Oz. Then we had pizza and went on a trolley ride!

  • Waiting for the play
  • Aunt Elizabeth brought a book in her bag. She read to kids while they waited for the table to be ready at the restaurant.
  • Deep dish!
  • Taking a trolley.

Submarines

Usually submarines go under the water and are medium sized. But the one I saw was humongous!! I saw it at the Museum with Dad. It is a real submarine from a long time ago. It was used for a war. On one side I could see bullet holes, real ones! The fighters on the submarine used torpedoes! I saw a black and white video of someone fighting the Americans on the submarine. It was in the water. The people who built the museum built it around the submarine when it was on the land. Now everyone can go see it without going on the water. I walked inside of the submarine. I don’t think I want to stay on it in the water because it is old and it has bullet holes and it might sink.