We Went Walking

This morning it was very gray outside and we were bored. We couldn't find anything to satisfy us indoors, so we put on our boots and went outdoors for a nature walk. First we headed to our garden to see the progress. We didn't spy any plants yet, instead we found about 20 of these...

After we got our fill of snails, we went to check the progress of our fruit trees. We hadn't been back to see them in a few weeks, in fact we'd forgotten about them because we've been so busy! We were super surprised to see how big the fruits were getting! Emry wanted to pick all the apples now, but decided to wait after she'd tried one. They are about 3 inches long already! So exciting! We also saw what will be peaches and apricots. Unfortunately the plum tree doesn't have very much fruit growing on it. They're still small, so we'll check again in a few weeks to see if we can find more.

The girls were being so cute on our walk. Emry was being a great big sister. She'd hold Carley's hand and help her out. They even shared the fruit they'd collected. Sisters are so awesome!

A little farther down the path we found these fire ants! They didn't seen to mind that we were watching them, they couldn't have cared less. Emry was very concerned because she knows they bite, but soon realized that they weren't paying any attention to her and calmed down.

Carley picked up this avocado on our walk, and carried it all the way home, uphill.
I was a proud mama. She's getting to be a big girl too fast.

Here's a cool shot. The ladybug's not in the best focus, but it turned out so neat anyway.
I really like it.

We always have to wave to our musical neighbor across the fence. My kids talk about him as if we're on a first name basis. He's known as Jason around here. Too bad we've never met him.

It wouldn't be a complete walk around the grove without a quick stop
at the gravel pile...what's left of it anyhow.

Finally, we picked some of these to put into a vase on the kitchen windowsill.

When we got back to the house, Little miss Cece was completely trashed!
She'd walked her little heart out and now it was time for her to have a snooze...Nite Nite!