Field Trip!

Today, we visited the Chattahoochee Nature Center. It was a great day for nature walking and exploring. We saw bald eagles and hawks who had been rescued and then rehabilitated. We also got to see a beaver up close and personal! The space inside included a "trading post" area that was (I think) pretty awesome! The kids can bring in anything they find outside and earn points for bringing it in and also for whatever they know about the item. Then, they can "shop" in the bins and "buy" other cool items (animal, plant, mineral) with the points they have earned. They also have microscopes hooked up to computer screens that the kids can use to examine anything in any of the bins. The girls had a blast examining shells, pine cones, rocks and their fingers (and Darsie even figured out how to examine her tongue - go figure!).

Cool flowers (we take pictures so we can leave the cool stuff where we find it)

Cool sticks

Raccoon?

Inside of a turtle shell