Grandkids Day Number 3

This was our best day yet!  The last two days with the kids have been fun, but exhausting.  Now we have a routine down, and we end in a more relaxing manner.  We went to the MK Nature Center, Municipal Park, and my house.  I think the kids liked the Nature Center with the taxidermy animals better than the zoo.  The park was great, lunch was healthy (and they were hungry), and we were able to finish Hudson's blanket before his trip to Salt Lake.  We watched whatever was on PBS Kids while we tie, and it's pretty relaxing.

We started by walking down the greenbelt and taking 45 minutes to wade, throw rocks, and play with sticks in the Boise River.  I use to know how to do picture collages with Picasa.  I need to learn again.

 

Then we went to the MK Nature Center which was a big hit - bigger than the zoo!  We ran into a docent that let the kids make animal prints in molds with plaster paris, a woodchuck, cougar, and bobcat.  Then we went inside to check out more animals, activities, air conditioning, and a nice bathroom.

Putting their paw prints safely in the trunk.

And these exciting pictures from the kid's camera:

A snake skin

Stumpy's tail.

They still had some energy left to play for a while at Municipal Park.

And finally we went to our house for a healthy lunch and finishing our blanket making project.  I had some pictures of our lunch, but the kids didn't look happy.  (They were very happy being healthy, they were just tired.)  It was another success.

Hudson, happily wrapped in his finished blanket.