My Holistic Moms group met up at Trailside Nature Center for a guided nature walk with one of their naturalists, Mister Rob.  He talked to the kids about insects, worms, and other little creatures that you find in the woods.

Each child was given a collection jar and a large popsicle stick and we ventured in to the woods to look under logs and leaves to find squirmy, slimy, squishy things.

At the end of the collection, we put all of our catches in this specimen tray to assess our finds.  Lots of slugs and earthworms.  This kids had fun picking up the worms with the popsicle sticks and watching them squirm.  See the little boy in the top left corner.  That\’s Luke and he\’s about 18 months old.  After he spent 5 minutes moving the worms around with his popsicle stick, he decided to give it a big lick because, well, that\’s what 18 month old little boys do.  All the mom\’s had a moment of AHHH! which caused little Luke to burst in to tears.

The nature center has a great indoor area where the kids can play and investigate.  This is a popular place in the winter once it gets too cold to go outside and play.