Trees, Grass, Worms, and More

Arbor Day was this past Friday. I didn't actually realize that until I noticed an event in the SOKY Happenings that was taking place at one of the local parks. Several booths were going to be set up for kids to learn about trees and various nature related things. So we set out to see what we could learn. Once we arrived, I very quickly realized this event was for kids on field trips (since we were the only ones there that were there not on a field trip), but we still got to enjoy a few things.

Seth got to see a tarantula and a scorpion,
even though I am not really sure how that
related to Arbor Day, but it was still fascinating.

We made a pine cone bird feeder at one booth.

Because there were so many kids
around the craft tables,
we asked if we could take the butterfly clothespin craft home.
We colored it later on the front porch.

We did receive a free red bud tree, too!

Later that afternoon Seth watched as daddy planted new grass.
Bryan is in the process of growing Zoysia grass in our yard
and planted 800 plugs in our front yard.

While Seth didn't really find the planting of the plugs terribly interesting,

he did get a kick out of the mist from the water hose.

He kept begging for more and more. It was so cute!

Then just as we were putting things away from our day outside,
Seth discovered the joy of worms. He checked with daddy to make sure they were indeed as cool as he thought they were...

and yes, yes they were.