Nature Center

For Mother's Day, I thought it'd be fun to visit our local nature center as a family. Punky's preschool class had visited earlier this spring (in the snow!) and we hadn't seen the newly remodeled visitor's center yet. So, after a delicious bacon-filled breakfast, church, a quick lunch, and a little shoe shopping (it was my day after-all!), we headed to the nature center.

Buddy wasn't sure what to expect and kept asking if there would be zebras (no, it's not a zoo) or cows (no, it's not a farm). There were quite a few animals to see up close, so he definitely wasn't disappointed!

There were live animals inside the nature center. Punky and Buddy were able to touch two snakes, a snapping turtle and a frog.


There were also exhibits with stuffed animals. Not sure if the kids knew these were really dead animals or not.



Buddy walked right up to the worker and said, "Can I please hold the snake?"



We did some bird watching.



And decided to take a little hike on a trail.



I feel so blessed to be a mommy to these two beautiful kids!