Curriculum woes – now what?

I am planning on getting back to nature studies tomorrow.  I haven’t been doing nature studies because we were doing the AYE Astronomy and I just didnt have enough time to add more to my plate.  I am now seeing how important it is to get Ds7 out of the house and exploring outside.  I’m not keen on the idea of going outside in the cold and rain.  I do so much better during the warmer months.  Ds7 loves birds.  Loves. Birds.  (Funny thing is that it stemmed from his love of the Angry Birds game).  We bought some bird feeders to hang outside and we spend our breakfast observing them as quite a few different types of birds like to come by.  I bought him the Dover coloring book of Birds and a cute little Dover sticker book that goes over some common types.  We also have a junior birding book and I have been reading him The Burgess Bird Book.  So as you can see, we have done some.  Today went by so much easier than expected that I almost don’t know what to do with all the extra time!