The Adventures of Gremlin +2

Today was a great day for an adventure.  It was freezing cold yesterday, and as the snow fell I was feeling a bit sad that the warm weather was behind us.  But as the next day dawned, it started warming up.  The snow started to melt and can now only be found in the deep shadows of the woods.  It was a beautiful 54 degree weather day!  So when the energy in the house became maxed, we decided to put that energy outside in the form of a nice nature walk through the woods behind Grandma and Grandpa Frits' house.

Behind the house is a nice little trail that lands on the west side of Deer River, MN.  We walked to the place where pony league football used to be practiced, and where the dreaded season of tennis during the school year was taught (I hated that part of gym).  We walked to the store and each got a cookie to eat on our journey back to the house.  When Bella tired, her big boy cousin, Ethan, carried her so she could catch up.  The Gremlins were full of smiles and beamed with curiosity as they ran through the area.

Ethan, Nolan and Miss Bella

Bella figured out how to roll down the hill, and discovered how incredibly fun it is. A childhood couldn't be complete without such experiences anyhow...

We learnt how to determine the age of a tree.

This tree was 42 years old!

We found that if you talk on one side of a culvert, it's really loud on the other!  So we played a bit of peek-a-boo with the kids and went back into the house with rosy cheeks and a few good memories.

It's fun to see all of the new things kids learn just by interacting with the world around them, hopefully the weather channel is right and we have an even nicer day tomorrow so we can go on exploring more.