Our Nature Walk

Every Tuesday I take the boys to a preschool for the morning. The moms meet in one room and chat or listen to a guest speaker while our kids play in a separate room with some of the students from the local college. The students are studying childcare so it gives them experience being with the kids. It is a great break for the moms and the kids always have a blast painting, playing with all kinds of toys, reading books, having a snack, playing in the gym etc. They often get to do things that us moms always hesitate doing at home due to the mess....like painting, having a sand table inside that they can play with, they have even had a flour table full of baking stuff.
Yesterday we went on a field trip with some of the kids and the College students to a local park for a nature walk. The kids were each given a brown paper bag to collect things while we were walking. At one point Sam's bag ripped because he kept filling it with rocks.
At the end of the trail we went into the nature bldg to check some things out. This snake was there. her name was Sophie and the boys were quite impressed.















After our nature walk the kids got to make a collage with their findings.














This is Sam and one of the kids checking out Sophie in her cage.












At the end of the day the boys were wiped and had a catnap on the way home.