Nature Walks

The greenbelt is beautiful again this time of year, and the boys and I took TWO nature walks yesterday!  Benjamin was sure to bring his binoculars to identify various types of butterflies and birds.  Sawyer was very cooperative, riding in the baby Bjorn carrier for the first walk, and riding in the Bob stroller for the second.

On the afternoon walk, Evan took his scooter and Benjamin took a walking stick.  As predicted, the scooter, walking stick, and helmet all ended up being carried by me on the Bob half way through the walk. Unfortunately,we did not expect to be swarmed by mosquitoes on the trail, so we had to find an alternative way home.  The boys were good sports through it all, and I was impressed with how far they walked.  On our way back, Benjamin saw a skeleton of a deer.  He was very excited and noted that it was the first "real" skeleton he had seen aside from dinosaur skeletons in books. He later said, "Mommy, that skeleton was so cool, I can't stop thinking about it".  He took a picture of it and we sent it to Papa for identification.  

We are truly blessed to have this beautiful land behind our house.  It is one of the things that makes it very difficult to think of ever moving.