We knew when we bought the house that we would not have a backyard for the girls but what we settled for was far more beautiful. Plenty of green space close to the river with swamps, ponds and so much biodiversity. This year was our first year exploring the nearby ponds for all of it's mystery. We got a wonderful monthly guide from Little Acorn Learning in which you can find, stories, songs, rhymes, crafts on nature oriented themes. The month of June had frogs, the summer solstice as well as fireflies. So we embarked on a frog theme to the library where we found out all about tadpoles and how to care for them to see the evolution of the frog. And with that, off we went to the pond with our nets and buckets, nature journals and our snack on a little adventure. We searched and searched and found a beautiful field of forget-me-not, beautiful clear water with little snails, lots of water gliders...but no tadpoles. So off we went to the next pond where to our delight we found a frog. That was all too exciting when our oldest seedling got to hold the frog and it jumped right out of her hands and into the Stroller and hid under the seats. A beautiful hot summer day! Now we have to bring all of our friends!
