Thanks WinterPromise for a great day!  I say this because I wouldn't have thought of it myself, as silly as that may sound! I was reading in an AW book and the activity was to take the kids to a natural setting for nature walk, etc. So we actually got ourselves out yesterday and went to a state park with a lake that is only about 20 minutes away but I haven't been there since I was 11 years old! It has really nice trails and we walked all the way around the lake. We saw a huge bullfrog, a leopard frog (which my dh caught with my dss net so I have pictures of it with my boys!) and we saw turtles sliding quickly into the water from their warming spot on logs when they saw us coming. We walked by a fisherman just as he had caught a fish and he let my ds5 hold the rod and helped him reel him in! My boys got to practice casting with their scooby doo fishing poles that they've had for a couple years and we've NEVER used. We saw ducks and geese and a goose egg and we picniced....well, it was just fabulous! I can't believe that little treasure is only (maybe not even) 20 minutes away and it's been SO long since I've been there. My boys had SUCH a GREAT time! And so did my dd, who walked around much of the lake by herself even though we had a stroller. By the time we got around that lake this pregnant lady was VERY ready to relax on her picnic blanket and take her shoes off! And eat strawberries!

Well, I just wanted to say thanks to WP, because as silly as it sounds, our AWESOME day wouldn't have happened without the activity suggestion. Especially being 33 weeks pregnant...I just don't feel all that motivated as I'm rather soar. Don't get me wrong, my boys do get to play in the woods at grandma and grandpa's house frequently, but it's not a family day like this was, where wildlife was everywhere and we shared it together.