After making snakes for a craft they got to go on a hike down to Murfree Spring & slosh around in the mud & creek in boots (provided by the DC) looking for creatures. They even had boots for adults so you know I had to put some on & join in the adventure.
There they are with the birthday boy looking at the finer points of mud. They got to wade out further into the water & look under rocks & logs to see what they could find.
They did find ram's horn snails living under rocks in the water & saw little mosquito fish too. Eli also found snail eggs. It looked like a bunch of snot on a rock. Pretty cool.
After the hike we went to the lily pond to see if we could catch tadpoles or fish. The pond caught a couple of kids who were a little too eager in their tadpole hunts. Luckily we stayed dry.
After the hike we went to the lily pond to see if we could catch tadpoles or fish. The pond caught a couple of kids who were a little too eager in their tadpole hunts. Luckily we stayed dry.
Both kids were successful in catching tadpoles, but those fish were way too fast.
See, a tadpole. A lot bigger than I remember from my childhood. It was odd to see so many tadpoles & not a single frog. Hmmm.....
The kids at the lily pond after their successful hunt.
1 comment:
"Snot on a rock" is setting the birthday party bar pretty high. :)
Sounds like a fun day! I'd have had to put on some boots, too.
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