An Armadillo Walk

We went to the Arboretum today and good thing we did because we saw lots of creatures! Fish, lizards, turtles, tadpoles, frogs, birds, dragonflies, butterflies, and armadillos!

Naia immediately started a little collection.

 Since my kids rarely have their hair brushed AND clean clothes on, I had to take group photos.

 Lizards are always everywhere.

 While Eaden and I were observing a frog and some tadpoles, Naia screamed "look y'all! Look!" and we all went running.

She had found two armadillos scrounging around for food. Since these are mainly nocturnal animals we do not see many (alive...we see dead ones on the road a lot) and were very excited. They do not have great eyesight and we are always able to get very close.

 After following them around for some time we headed over to the library next door and checked out everything they had on armadillos.

Mercer Arboretum

We went on another nature walk! Talk about being on a roll. We went to Mercer Arboretum, which I love. I'm a little disappointed with the photos I took, but there's not much I can do about it now. I don't know anything about cameras or photography, but I feel like my pictures are fuzzy. Especially when a person is in them. Maybe it's me, maybe it's my camera. Any advice? I have an Olympus Stylus. It's not a disposable camera, but pretty close in my opinion. Anyway, back to the walk. We started at the arboretum checking out water fountains, flowers, and doodlebugs.

After the arboretum, we headed over to the playground for a bit.

Taven's laughing in that last picture, by the way. He's a swingin' fool! After the playground was the nature walk. Saving the best for last, right?

Wrong! It was a quick crash and burn. There was a lot of fighting over water.

Followed by some nice patient sharing however.

A lot of this

And finally this.