Brushes with nature

This week has been quite an eye-opening, discovery-filled one for Kallie. To begin with, on Wednesday as Ryan was walking home from school, he came across a little caterpillar inching across the sidewalk. Because Kallie has read LOTS of books lately about caterpillars/butterflies, he got it to crawl onto a stick and brought it home for Kallie to see. She was fascinated by the way it crawled!

Then, yesterday morning, she was standing at our window and said, "Mommy, there's a deer!" I thought she was trying to make a joke, but went to the window to see anyway. Sure enough--there was a young deer bounding over the lawn across the street from us. What a fun picture to see from your front window! (Especially when you live in a city...)

Later that same day, we were at Grandma's house playing in the backyard when Aunt Kami saw a HUGE earthworm. Kallie and her cousins gathered around to watch it wriggle around on the grass and eventually back into the dirt. I had to laugh because Jack and Emily, (the cousins), had no qualms about gently poking and prodding the slimy pink worm. Kallie, on the other hand, stayed a safe distance away.

It's been a fun week for Kallie to actually SEE creatures she's only read about in books. I can't wait for her to discover more of the amazing things this world has to offer!