blendon woods

we went to blendon woods park this morning. the kids and i went, anyway. i felt bad for leaving stephon on a saturday, but he has schoolwork to do and i'm pretty sure he was able to get a lot more done this way. he misses us, and we miss him, though, so i was a bit torn. we had a great time, anyway :) made it worth it!

we went to the water fowl refuge and hung out in the observatory for quite awhile. we saw a beautiful blue heron, some wood ducks, and about five or six turtles! they have telescopes in both of the observatories. it was almost surreal. the telescopes are really nice, so the birds and the turtles were real clear and close in them.

nathan and i like looking at the the wildlife. shelby was trying to figure out the telescope. she doesn't quite have the coordination to keep one eye closed and look through the other through the telescope yet. elise likes to look out of the windows and investigate the goodies on the ground :)

it was a cool, breezy day, so the observatory made the perfect place to eat lunch.

shelby informed us that the ducks go poo poo, go pee pee, and go bye bye. she told us that and nathan and i about died laughing!