A Walk In the Woods

Eventhough Eli's been in the woods many times, this was the first hike we went on where Eli could actually walk by himself for at least some of the hike. It was a pretty short hike, but it took a long time. Eli had to stop and look at everything. He was so curious and so intrigued by everything he saw. And he saw some pretty cool things: butterflies, bumblebees, spiders, flowers, nuts, sticks, leaves, trees, mushrooms, moss, rocks, a praying mantis, and a caterpillar. I think it was a very good day for Eli.

Leading the way...


The butterfly was so into the thistle, he hardly even noticed Eli. Eli was just about to grab it when in flew away. But, he gave Eli plenty of time to look.


Eli loved the caterpillar until we had him hold it. He did not want it crawling on him and tried to shake it off.


The only thing better than throwing rocks is throwing rocks into the water. Eli didn't even notice that the water was freezing cold. All he wanted to do was pick up the biggest rocks he could find and toss them into the water.