Nature Walk

Aaron and I were out running when I stumbled across an awesome caterpillar. This thing was huge; when I picked it up I could feel its muscles moving! I moved it to safety and decided I would pick it up on the way back if it was still there. Unfortunately the caterpillar was too quick and was gone when we returned. Yesterday I took the kids on a nature walk trying to find another one to show them.

Joshua giving Asher instructions. I have no idea why Asher needed instructions to walk, but it seemed important.

Walking hand-in-hand with my girl :)

Apparently no one knew which direction to take...

What did we find- a lot of dog poo (luckily we didn't step in it) and a bunch of teenagers smoking pot...in a park. I stared at them as I was approaching and they quickly left, but their stench remained.

After a long walk to get to this park we had to turn around and head home. It did make for a good teaching moment. I informed my children that I would give them the beating of their life if they ever did such a thing. So they know where we stand on that topic :) We discussed that those boys would probably end up in jail and did not have a good future ahead of them.

I had my camera with me and it would have been fun to take their picture as I approached them. But in a drug induced state, they may have become violent and I would have had to beat up some scrawny teenage boys :)