My Deep Thinker

I think we all get one of these as we raise our chicks.

The one who teaches us so much about our world.

Remy had been the one to show me the beauty of the creatures that FREAK me out. He has encouraged me to hold and commune with nature. He has given our family so much. We are blessed to have him. :) 

Looking for Flowers...and Creatures

Elijah needed to make a fall flower museum for science so we took a walk and found some.


He found so many for his project.





Remy wasn't looking for flowers but he was on the lookout for little creatures.





He chased this guy for a while. Seems he was too quick for the Remmit.





Finally Eli hit the jackpot! This is the flower he was really wanting to find. He wanted to see how many insects he could find on it. In his book it showed a city. He was not disappointed. He took this home and looked at small aphids and beetles under the microscope. There were even little spiders. I am so glad we remembered to do this. The project came up when Golden Rod was not in bloom. I made a note of it to get to later.








Noey loves to go for a stroll with us.





Remy caught something!








It was so sweet to watch Eli gather his flowers. He so enjoyed this outing with a purpose.





He had made a ring out of a dollar. He stopped me and told me how perfect the fold was because you could see these words:





Noey didn't make it the whole time. He slept all the way back to the house and then finished his nap in the stroller in the dark kitchen.





Remy informed me that the squirrels at our house would need this for their winter nests. We took the moss home, of course.





Eli decided to help Remy with his creature hunt for a while.





More flowers!





My sweetheart son. I pray he always takes the time to enjoy the simple things.





Remy was all about the bugs that day. I could hardly make it back home! :)





Such a fun walk with my three sons.

Those Long Family Days...

I love the days when we have no where to go and we can just do what we want. No where to be. No one looking for us. I always feel we have sneaked away.


I cherish every outing this big guy goes on with us now. He is so handsome to me. :)





I always wonder how I was so blessed to have three little boys.





Look!, I found a plant that produces babies.





Lots of spaces to explore.





I love the photos that capture me with my men, in a moment, a place we will never be again.





Big boys helping little boys.





Nature waiting for us to find it.





Boys in a tree, is there anything better?





Leave it to Remy to find HUGE clams/mussels, atleast that is what I think it was.





And little ones!





All we need to do is find a little water source and Remy will bring forth the creatures. He gets that from his creator. ;)





Stolen moments...





Stolen kisses...





A time to love your brother and not annoy. ;)





A little boy with his daddy. He lives for these moments.











Let's make a fishing pole and pretend to fish. I was shocked Eli came up with this because this is such a Remy thing to do.








Noah is never ready to go. He doesn't mind not eating or napping all day if it means he is out in the outside spaces.

Creature Moment With Remy

He kept this guy around for about a month before we made him set the little guy free. He does very well with his captives, but I told him it was fast approaching fall and the frog needed to make plans. ;)





He set him up a little habitat as he always does. :)





I think the frog liked it better with Remy than in the wild.

Noah's First Geocaching Day

We decided to pack up and do some caching one day locally with Noah. He did well for a nine month old at the time. He just goes along with what we do and finds something to like about it all. ;)


He liked walking, well, sitting in his sling while I walked for us. He was quiet and watched the pretty nature pass him by. If I gave him a stick, leaf, or a rock to hold he would smile and hold it out for his Daddy to see.














He of course LOVED the toys! I found a little kaleidoscope in one cache for him to play with.

Remy's Videos of the Day

Remy loves to find YouTube videos that have something to do with what he is learning or a picture that was on his worksheet.


This is what he had me look up today.


First of all, he now wants a baby sloth. Who saw that one coming?





Wasn't that adorable???


Toucan's...I can't say I have ever seen one in person. But now he wants one of these as well.





Who knew Toucans wanted watches?


This little guy is almost daring that man to hit him with that ball! Give me your best shot...I will kill your camera!





Is it me, or do the toucans not look REAL? How pretty are they? I am now in love myself.

The Bliss it is to be Remy

Remy is so enjoying the spring. The world is coming alive and I can't keep him inside. If I assign him something to do in school time he quickly finishes and runs outside before I notice he is done. I so enjoy watching him. I will sneak to the door and watch him without his knowing. He thrills my heart. :)


One afternoon I asked him to take me on a tour of his collection of visiting "friends".


First up was a water beetle he found in the pool. He put it in an old Sea Monkey tank that he bought at a yard sale once for 10 cents.





Next up was something that warranted his silly terrified look. He bought this habitat at the Dollar Tree and inside it is some sort of spider. He says it is a girl and that she made an egg sac.








He found these insect eggs on a leaf outside and he has them inside of a habitat...waiting to see what they hatch out to be. It looks like a flower on each end!





He found this habitat in the dollar section at Target. He has inside of it his pride and joy at the moment. He tells me this is a Bess Beetle that he found with his friend Elijah when we were visiting them a while back. He also tells me that Elijah is his BEST friend and that they are so much alike. He says that he wishes Elijah was one of his brothers. :)














I look forward to learning from my sweet 2nd grader this spring and summer as he explores his patch of earth called home.


I must make a plea to all mothers of a son or daughter that desires to be close to nature in this way. I know how hard it can be to allow it, to be comfortable with it. I was the most girly-girl EVER and bugs EEEEKED me out! Slowly I have been overcoming it. Find field guides, find out what is okay to handle, how to handle them, and how to keep them for at time to observe. Buy or keep anything that can be a habitat. Let them do this. This type of child will make themselves known, I promise, be gentle with them and don't allow your own predisposition to quelch who they are instinctively. We are all wonderfully and fearfully made with our own unique purpose. Don't be caught stifling the ones who have been intrusted into your care. Deeply love them and find a way to love even the parts you can't understand. If you can't, find someone who CAN help them in this area. I am so humbled by my little nature boy. I see things in a way I never would have without him. I am better for him.