Hike #2: Noble Woods Park

Yep, our second "hike."  And already my enthusiasm is waning.  I guess I'm not one of those people to have a life-long interest in any one thing; I prefer to just dabble here and there in lots of different things.  (Translation:  I don't stick to anything.)

On this hike we brought along a scavenger hunt list I found online.  I can't decide if I liked it or not.  I had thought it would somehow get the children interested in looking at all the different aspects of nature, but I think instead it just made us (me) focused on checking off the list of things, which made us miss out on things we might otherwise have noticed.  "Isaiah, stop looking at that butterfly, we're trying to find a long stick!"  I didn't actually say that, but that's sort of how it seemed.

The highlight of this hike was definitely the mud puddle.  They each had a stick and had fun just poking around.

Also, someone should definitely teach my children how to pose for pictures!