Caterpillars

Josh was so good and chased grasshoppers with the girls yesterday and this morning. I think they caught a few! Then they got a caterpillar and had a blast with it crawling on daddy and Vivian. Shelby eventually let it crawl on her shoe and a little bit on her leg. It tickled her and we all had a nice laugh. Vivian did so well letting it sit on her. She didn't care for it much as it crawled around.

Vivian had to have her own caterpillar so we made our way out to the apple trees. There are at least a hundred on this one tree!
Then we got homes for the caterpillars. Josh and Shelby figured out that they could hear the caterpillar crunching on the leaves! Just now Vivian's caterpillar (in the jar) was eating and we got to hear it! Notice Vivian listening in the second picture.

The girls and I went down to the river this afternoon and saw a gray snake slithering away from us. Eek!  We played in the river for a bit, but Vivian was being a stinker so we decided to come back to the house.

All sorts of nature fun today!