Growing Everyday

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Beka and Jared love to go on nature walks. They have loved to do this since the were very little and just toddling about. Beka enjoys looking for bugs, insects, and rocks. Jared enjoys splashing in mud, water, and generally being outside. It is a great opportunity for the whole family to enjoy something together. Fortunately, Indiana has some wonderful parks, trails, and nature centers for us to enjoy. We go exploring at at the Creek more than the others because it has a creek for the kids to splash in.

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"Who is that trip tramping over my bridge?",said the trolls under the bridge.
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Beka likes to sing to the creek. "the creek is so swweeett and soft…it flooows….ooohhh the crreeeeekkkkkk" Anymore she is beginning to sing all the time about anything.

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This park also has a playground, but this trip the kids were more interested in climbing and exploring the inside of a big bush/tree.

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(The pictures are actually a mixture of photos from two separate trips to the park. I just combined them to make one post)

About a week ago, Jared went on his first fieldtrip to Cool Creek Nature Park. He had a blast there but we didn’t get a chance to walk the trails. They had us doing too many activities. So today the family decided to go back and walk some of the trails. It was a beautiful day to be outside.

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As we walked through the woods, Jared decided he was the leader, so most of the walk all we saw was his back. Oh I guess I should explain the backpacks. We have been reading The Magic Treehouse books. In those the main character, Jack, takes a backpack with him on all his adventures. So, naturally, we had to take backpacks with us too.

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It really was a beautiful day here. And the creek runs through the whole park. You are either walking beside it or going over it.

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After walking for an hour the kids were tired. So instead of taking the path back, we deiced to take a shortcut across the creek. The first attempt Jared fell in. The second attempt went smoothly and everyone (including mom) made it across. I absolutely love the first picture of Beka and Jared on the rock.

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The nature center also has a playground. So even though the kids said they were too tired to walk any further, they had enough energy left to play on the playground awhile.