We started out with a picnic lunch at the lake at Leonard Johns Park. When we finished our lunch, Nicholas noticed some trash quite a bit away from us. He was upset that someone had littered at the park and asked if he could go pick it up. Of course we let him but we gave him some napkins to use to pick it up to keep his hands clean. I'm so proud of him for being so environmentally conscious!
We saw tons of red-eared slider turtles in the lake as well as the creek that our trail followed.
We also found this big spider! Ewww!
We also passed fields of wildflowers. When I knew the type of flower, I would tell Nicholas what I knew about it. Unfortunately there were some varieties on the hike that I didn't recognize and we had forgotten to bring our journal with us to help identify them.
Our trail brought us to Parker Square Park which has a nice little pond and lots of trees so we stopped to have a snack and rehydrate. Nicholas got a little silly.
We found a place to park bicycles but Nicholas had other ideas for it.
He asked Stuart to pick him up and let him ride on the "camel"!
Then he sat down and pretended to be a race car driver! What an imagination!
Along our walk, we had seen several magnolia trees. I had talked to Nicholas about the big leaves and pretty flowers on the trees as well as how they keep their green leaves on all year round. Later he found a magnolia leaf on the ground and asked me why the magnolia leaf was brown when I had told him that they stayed green all year long. I was proud of him for identifying the leaf on his own and also for his good question. So we talked some more about leaves and why they might fall from a tree and turn brown.
Nicholas picked this pretty wildflower for me. How sweet!
We found this interesting growth on the tops of some tree leaves. We aren't sure what it is. I've seen spores on the undersides of leaves but I'm not sure if this is a spore or not. Nicholas decided that it is a "bug catcher grabber".
Along our walk back to the car, Nicholas noticed this heart on the sidewalk. He told me, "That's here because I love you!" This boy sure knows how to melt a mommy's heart :)
Nicholas ran ahead of us a little way but then decided that he needed a break and stopped right where he was. What?! Did we finally wear out a four year old boy? I didn't think it was possible!
I got ahead of the boys at one point and hid next to a bush. Stuart knew where I was but Nicholas had not noticed. He looked for me for a little bit but quickly found me. I like this picture I caught of him looking into the little opening by the bush when he found me.
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