We are rowing Andy and the Circus this week and I wanted to find time to go to a pond to look for tadpoles. This was spurred on by a comment Isaiah made when he told me he had never seen a tadpole. Huh? Really? I thought we needed to change that!
So today we worked on our boxes, finishing most of them before lunch despite a late start. Then we went to Chick-fil-a for a lunch treat. :-) We then went to a nearby lake to have a picnic and then look for tadpoles.
It turned out to be a really, really warm afternoon (high 80s). I'm not ready for the heat yet! lol We saw geese in the pond.
We also saw some mallards - Mr and Mrs and one of their ducklings. Some of my children were trying to figure out "which one" it was - Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, etc. (This is from Make Way for Ducklings which we recently read too.)
As we were walking down a path, Isaiah stepped off of the path and found a hole that intrigued him. He wanted us to look and we asked if there was anything in the hole.
To my surprise, there was something in that hole. A tiny, little turtle. He was about 1-1.5 inches in length.
I had brought along clipboards and paper in case we found something we wanted to draw for our nature journals. I really need to get/make some nature journals for the younger boys. Thankfully the pencils were still tied on from our Moonjellies dinner because I did forget pencils. LOL
After drawing and writing a bit about the turtle, we walked a little further down the path. We found several spots that looked perfect for tadpoles, but only saw lots of small fish. The kids tried to catch some with the cups from our lunch - but no luck.
Daniel was able to use his happy meal toy - a monocular - for taking a closer look at things. It worked really well too. Chick-fil-a has the best toys!
We also saw some turtles. You can see the one sunning himself on the log. Can you also see two more with their heads popping up out of the water?
It was a nice afternoon. We all agreed that we need to return again soon. We left when the heat was too much and Eliana was more than ready for a nap. I'm glad we are able to do things like this. I love seeing God's handiwork all around us.
Thanks for sharing our day.
Blessings,
Leslie
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