This past week Owen and I went with our moms group to the Maplewood Nature Center. Even though there was a tiny turnout we had a really fun time. The child and I discovered this place (as in new-to-us) a few weeks back and had a chance to explore the place a bit.
It is quite a nice facility. The staff is really helpful and the naturalist they had on hand spent a lot of time with Owen and explained things to him in a very relaxed and unhurried way. I really appreciated that. I feel like I spend so much time trying to hurry him up (for what?) that seeing another person slow down with him and engage him was wonderful to see. A little reminder to stop and smell the roses. Or in this case, stop and make a picture of a butterfly's life cycle. He did great. The egg to the larva to the chrysalis to the butterfly. Poetic
As you can see in the photo there was a small turn out, but that's OK! We had the room to ourselves : )
I took a few outside shots of the water behind the nature center. There is a nice path to walk around, but it was too chilly to venture far on the water. Instead we played outside closer to the building and in the warm sun.
Did you know that a pair of Cardinals will keep a territory of 3-10 acres?
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I did not know that, but I do love the looks of that place. We'd love to join you next time.
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