Nature Walk

About the time that the HEAT wave hit, a month ago, my friends and I decided to take our kids on a nature walk that we run all the time. This is not a FLAT nature walk by any means and pulling a wagon with a baby strapped to the front of you was quite the work-out, but it was well worth it!!!

Here's all the kids chillin' on the bridge where we stopped and played in the water ...

Here's how Kye spent the ENTIRE walk and didn't seem to mind at all ... what a GOOD kid!!!

Zachary and Emma loved the water, the adventure and the bridge!

Once we were done playin' in the water my awesome friend had the idea to put Duct Tape on the kids arms and let them collect "nature" on the walk back. SUCH A CUTE IDEA!! Both my kids LOVED it and it kept them fron whinning even though we were ALL exhausted and HOT!!

Here are some of Emma's Treasures she collected to put on her "Nature Bracelet" ...

Zachary loved to stick things on his "Bracelet" too.

The funniest sight was Zachary trying OVER, and OVER, and OVER again to stick a BIG rock on his bracelet. He would stick it on and move a 1/2inch and then it would topple off. So he would pick the rock back up and stick it on, just to have it fall off in the next milla-second. It was HILARIOUS to watch his determintation to get that rock to STAY, but to no avail ... the rock finally won the battle and Zach gave up.

Emma's final "Bracelet" was full of flowers, of course, and she still treasures that piece of duct tape even a month later!!!This both Emma's and Zachary's "Nature Bracelets".

They did a wonderful job finding so many different things to fill the spots on their bracelet!

Thanks Megan and Anna for such a FUN summertime activity!!!!

We want to do it again, but think we will wait until the fall when it's a little cooler, so we don't FRY to death!!!