I can’t hardly get enough of my grandkids. They stopped in today, and I volunteered to watch them while my daughter went grocery shopping. Ava (5-years old) asked if we could go back to the tadpole pond, and see if we could find some more of those slippery critters. I got a couple walking sticks for them, and off we went. We had to keep sharing the shorter stick, as the other was to long and “heddy” for little Addysin. I’ve made several walking sticks for the grandkids, but have a backlog of them to make for the last five, who seem to have snuck in on me.
We made it to the pond, but the water was really high, due to several days of rain/snow. The girls used their walking sticks to turn over the leaves, in the pond, where the tadpoles were hiding. I never even thought about Ava wearing her good black patent leather shoes, and Addysin wearing her “clots.” By the time we got back to the truck, they were a muddy mess. “Hey I’m a guy! We don’t think about these sort of things, unless you women leave us a note!” Might be a good idea to keep a pair of boots for them around the house somewhere.
We did see bunches of tadpoles, and several had all four legs developing. We also had several blue jays squawking at us, and saw some raccoon tracks. Except for muddy shoes and pant cuffs it was a great day for Papa and his girls.
Well, I know there are 50% of us out here that know what you’re talking about Mike. Sounds like you had a great day.
That sounds like an excellent day right there Grandpa Mike. I’m sure the girls had a blast, although I’m sure mom didn’t like the condition of their shoes:):)
I can’t wait for my little girl to get a little bigger so we can do these kinds of things. I’m not trying to rush anything, but sometimes I just can’t help it.