Our Weekend

Fishing with Daddy

We went to a birthday party and the party favor was shrinky dinks.

Ducky got a princess one and D Man got Space.

Look what we found when we got home from church last night.

We think the snake is a some kind of water snake.

It was so funny this woodpecker was looking at the snake to.

I wonder what he was thinking.

The Moon before sunset.

 Interesting picture of the sky my husband took.

God's Amazing Creation.

Nature Poetry

Our son wrote his first poem the other day while he was listening to nature. Here is what he wrote:

I listen to the winds song.

It reminds me of a song.

The wind makes bells ring, what a beautiful sound.

The wind and the trees make a beautiful sound,

from the birds that chirp, to the bees that buzz,

What a Beautiful sound!!!

By: D Man

Then wrote in his nature journal as Psalm

Psalm 19:6

The sun rises at one end of the sky

and it follows its path to the other end nothing hides from it's heat.

Here is two more of his poems:

When I sit in the trees shade I feel nice and cool.

It makes me want to sing.

God I thank you for the trees.

By: D Man

Psalm 3:3

But Lord you are my shield,

 You are my wonderful God who gives me courage.

When I stare at the purple pickerelweed, it makes me want to sing.

Beautiful is the pickerelweed that sits in the water.

This world would not be complete without this flower.

By: D Man

The Pickerelweed was at our local Preserve.

D Man also drew a picture of the Pickerelweed.

It's so awesome to be God's creation and marvel at his goodness.

Butterflies are back!!!

It's so much fun when the butterflies come and lay there eggs. Every year we get a tons of caterpillar's. I will be posting when they hatch, I'm so excited. I think I'm more excited than our children, lol.

Eastern Milk Snake

Look what we found in front of our door, I guess he was coming to say HELLO.

My husband caught it so he could show D Man after gymnastics, This meant alot to D Man because

my husband hates snakes.

We believe it was a Eastern Milk Sake.

Frogs

Our children love to play with these creatures, they were aso excited that this one was so big.

Zoo

This peacock is showing off for his mate, Now how come they are more beautiful than the female?? That's the way God made them. He knew what he was doing:)

The Komodo Dragon came right up to the glass.

We stumbled upon this spider in the butterfly garden at the zoo.

Haley feeding the geese.

These are some of the flowers that butterflies are attracted to.

I love hearts,this leaf is shaped like a heart.

Grassy Waters Preserve

Just another beautiful flower.

Fungus on a plant.

Dennis looking out into the preserve.

This section had a ton of water lily's.

Haley over looking the lily pads.

Beautiful Fragrant Water Lily

Caterpillars

A very hungry caterpillar:)
This is a week after they were born. Amazing!!!!!
This came at a perfect time, We are studying Butterflies for Botany and how they are pollinators.

From Tadpole to Frog

Look how tiny our frog is.

Tad Poles-4-13-10

Dennis gets into this.

Dennis helping his sister catch tadpoles.

We have a lake outside our condo, so we went out there to do Botany and we were so excited to find tad poles. They had a blast catching tad poles and a few fish. Dennis was helping Haley catch and Dennis was helping Haley hold some too. I love seeing our children interact like this, Its such a Blessings to me and I know God is smiling down on them.

Turtle

Science in our front walk way. D took this picture.

More Outdoor Fun-5/7/09

Neighbors Snake-Ball Python

A half alive Cat fish in our neighborhood, we put him back into the lake but he wasn't moving:( We will check tomorrow to see if he survived.

Dennis First Fish Caught by Himself-5/3/09

Our Garden-3/28/09

Isn't she lovely:)

Fresh Gardenia from our backyard

Baby Grasshoper we caught at Grassy Waters, then we released them a couple hours later.

Aphids on our milkweeds, ladybugs love to eat aphids.

Beach Fun-1/17/09

What more can we ask for when doing nature study at the beach with waves,lighthouse,shells,birds, and of course our beautiful children. Try it out sometime.