"I wanted to bring a bird home"

Hi All, this is Elliott-Mom is letting me write todays blog post.

Mom has been taking me to new parks when we get a chance.  Today we went to Lochness Park in Blaine.  There wasn't a playground there, but there was a lot of "nature stuff" to look at.  Here are some pictures of the things that we saw today....

This is the first cool thing that I saw, I think that it was a woodchuck.  Mom wasn't able to get a very close up picture.  She said that she needs a better lens for her camera.

 I looked in the lake for some fishes.  I saw some little fishes, mom said that they were minnows.  Someone left cheese balls on the dock, so I threw them in too.

 I found a big stick in the middle of the path, I used my big muscles and threw it into the lake.

 This is a creek that flows into the lake.  It was pretty cool.

 This is a boy duck.

 I was able to climb down a little hill and go down to the lake to touch the water.  Mom kept asking if it was "chilly" I told her, " it wasn't chilly, it was cold."

 Part of the trail was wet.  Mom let me ride my bike through the water.  It was AWESOME!

 I needed a drink of water to get my energy back!

This is how my pants looked after I biked through the water.

 I biked the .90 mile trail loop and also the .77 mile trail loop.

Before we got back to the car, we went back onto the dock to see if there was anything else to see in the water and mom pointed out this baby turtle.  I was kind of sad that it swam away very quickly.

I had a GREAT time at the new park biking and walking with mom.

Playing at the Park

Today was the first day in a week or so, that it was nice outside and we REALLY needed to get outside to play.

                                                    

E and I had an awesome time at Central Park.  I continue to be in awe of how kids play together at a playground.  One kid sees another kid playing and they are like ants on sugar.  They all run around together like they have been friends forever.  If one of the kids wants to play something different, they just find another friend to play with and no feelings get hurt.  

They are also willing to share anything that they have brought with them to the park, their water, their mom, etc. 

Oh, the joys to be in the 3-5 year old age group.  Don't get me wrong, I am under no delusion that this scenario will continue as E grows up.  I know that kids can be cruel, but I will enjoy this moment as long as I can!