A Visit to the Sock Factory

In home school, we have been talking about the world that God created for us and all of the wonderful things that He put in it for us to use.  The more obvious ones are things that we consume such as water, fruits, vegetables and animals.  But, we have also been talking about what we have in our house that people make, using the resources that God made.  Lately everything that we talk about Emma asks "So, did people make that, or did God make that?"  We have talked about our furniture, our clothes, paper, paint, the TV, toys, etc.  On a different note, I have also been searching everywhere here for simple children's socks at a reasonable price, and I have not had much success.  It hit me the other day that we have Paraguayan church members and dear friends who own a sock factory!  What a perfect opportunity to let Walker and Emma see first-hand that cotton, something that God made, is used by humans to make thread and then placed in machines to make socks!  So, I called Nora Yegros and we planned a little visit to the sock factory.  And where better to buy those much-needed socks than straight from the factory! 

They got to watch the thread feed into the machine.

And both of them were a little hesitant about standing between the sock machines.

They got to check out all of the colors of thread used to make the socks. 

Emma loved the pink, of course!  And Nora sported her matching scarf that she claims she wore just for Emma.

Walker was most interested in what he could build.

And we walked away with lots of colorful thread spools that Walker can stack and build things with and Emma can paint.  Not to mention the new socks!  When I asked them what their favorite part was, they said "Eating cookies at Mrs. Nora's desk."  Thanks to Nora, we even got a snack!