another rad field trip... woot!

Clay's class had another field trip on Monday. this time we went to the marine science institute in redwood city. we got to spend the day on a ship and cruised around the bay. but it wasn't just a leisure cruise... the kids threw out a net and pulled in some fish, took water samples and studied the differences in the water, took some mud samples from the bottom of the bay ( using this really cool claw-thing), and looked at all the plankton on the water through microscopes. it was a great learning experience for the kids and it also educated them on the impact humans have on the San Fransisco bay. i had a great time... i really love this group of kids and Ive become pretty good friends with their awesome teacher, Becky!

here's the boys: such hams!

silly heads

chillin before boarding the ship

classroom for the day: on a ship!

best friends: clay and thomas ( he's clay's "brotha from anotha motha". ha ha ha! the boys taught me that little saying!)

a quick lesson in net-fishing

waiting to see what they caught

we caught tons of fish, including some rays and a leopard shark! i liked this little guy: he was flat and both eyes were on top of his head... definitely a bottom-dweller ha ha.

my mr. man. it was clay's first time on a ship. he's been on tons of little boats when we go to Alaska, but he's always been a little scared of going out on a big body of water like a bay or ocean . but he loved it! now i just need to convince him to go halibut fishing with me when we go to Alaska.... but the boat is a lot smaller, and the waves are a lot more intense. i know chloe would do it in a heart beat ha ha ha!