Poop!

Now that I have your attention...

Chris and I joined Grammy today at Ernie Miller Nature Center for "Scatology 101." Scat, of course, is the scientific name for animal poo. You can imagine that this was a big hit with Christopher! The naturalist who was presenting did a fabulous job discussing this topic and had some fun activities for the kids to take part in. For example, she gave out a "scat snack" that you had to guess what animal it resembled before eating it. Here is Chris with his fox scat, also known as a tootsie roll...

She also read some interesting stories that told all about the good stuff and how you can learn about the animals' habits, eating, etc...

They also had some live animals for the kids to meet and it was all very hands on. First we met the possum and then a bunny. The kids were not allowed to touch the possum but they were able to feel a possum fur at the end.

At the end of the class, the kids got to work on a little book where they could stamp an animal's tracks and then draw its scat next to it. Chris has been getting more and more interested in writing so for once it wasn't a struggle to get him to draw!

Maybe the topic helped a bit... Anyway, we met Daddy back at home and went out to dinner on the Plaza (it was like 60 degrees here today so we walked around a bit to take in the unseasonable weather!). Here is Chris with one of the Plaza Penguins...