On January 19, around 11:30 I took my children on a nature hike through my FGCU campus nature trail. I wanted them to see nature up close and personal. I worried that they might not like to get dirty or might be scared. To my surprise they loved going. My four year old was a little hesitant but, still participated. The funny thing was he had to go pee-pee really bad and did not understand there was not a bathroom. I told him to pee by the bushes and the plants would love a drink. I caught a picture of this, so funny. 
My oldest son (9) and my daughter (7) took a walk on a long tree that fell. They saw that it was slippery from the dew and moss that had grown on the tree. Burrs stuck to their clothes and they had fun picking them off each other. We all laid in the hammock. They thought that was a blast. My daughter and I took a picture of how the trees looked from in the hammock. I had them listen to how nature sounds or if they could hear any animals. It scared my four year old a bit, but he listened....probably only to run if he heard something...hahaha.
We stayed four about 2 hours. We tried to play a game of who could find the most strange stuff. I took my mom also, she loves nature.
I have included several pictures that show our journey.
I let my oldest be the head of our line through the trails. This made him feel important. My daughter kept close behind her brother, but the baby (4) stayed glued to my leg. We found a few huge mushrooms. My oldest laid on a tree full of green moss. My four year old found small round berries. Not sure what they were, but they knew not to eat them. I took a picture of a butterfly but, it did not turn out. It looked like a monarch butterfly. I remember this from school when I was a kid, but my oldest looked it up on the Internet to make sure. We found a plant full of red leaves, not sure what they were. I had them all on the look out for poison ivy!
My oldest son (9) and my daughter (7) took a walk on a long tree that fell. They saw that it was slippery from the dew and moss that had grown on the tree. Burrs stuck to their clothes and they had fun picking them off each other. We all laid in the hammock. They thought that was a blast. My daughter and I took a picture of how the trees looked from in the hammock. I had them listen to how nature sounds or if they could hear any animals. It scared my four year old a bit, but he listened....probably only to run if he heard something...hahaha.
We stayed four about 2 hours. We tried to play a game of who could find the most strange stuff. I took my mom also, she loves nature.
I have included several pictures that show our journey.
I let my oldest be the head of our line through the trails. This made him feel important. My daughter kept close behind her brother, but the baby (4) stayed glued to my leg. We found a few huge mushrooms. My oldest laid on a tree full of green moss. My four year old found small round berries. Not sure what they were, but they knew not to eat them. I took a picture of a butterfly but, it did not turn out. It looked like a monarch butterfly. I remember this from school when I was a kid, but my oldest looked it up on the Internet to make sure. We found a plant full of red leaves, not sure what they were. I had them all on the look out for poison ivy!
When I had them quiet down to listen for animals and just to how nice nature sounds they thought it was "cool!" My oldest tried to say he heard ants building their houses, hahaha!
Overall we had a good time!
Autumn Barionnette
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