Little Monkeys

We spent the entire morning on the walking path with Jacob, Cassie and Ashleigh. It is amazing how quickly everything has grown in the last few weeks with the abundant rain and then sunshine. Carter and Jacob have become quite the little explorers and even climbed this fence to get a look at Jacob's "secret" waterfall. All around us wildflowers bloomed and there were signs of wildlife everywhere. We saw a couple of fat little chipmunks, ducks and their cute ducklings, a variety of birds and Ashleigh and the boys even saw a snake swimming happily across a small brook. (the snake was happy NOT Ashleigh!)
Carter made me extremely proud when he befriended this tiny caterpillar. Anyone who knows me knows that I love bugs, butterflies, frogs and salamanders. So I really enjoyed watching Carter take interest in this little guy. He talked to him and asked me a lot of questions about him and then we sent him on his way.

Today was also a great picture day and the boys cooperated for these two adorable pictures, a very rare occurrence!

Eli chilled in the stroller and did a lot of babbling and Miss Cassie made her way onto Ashleigh's shoulder for the last leg of the trip and really enjoyed checking out all of the scenery.

It was another fantastic outing with lots of laughs and giggles and a lot of excellent sharing of snacks and stroller rides....oh and maybe a tiny bit of yelling and disciplining!