"Daddy Nature Camp"

As I wrote below Ben was at "Nature Camp" this week with his friends Kelvyn and Miles. Well...it took Megan a while to understand that only Ben was going to "Nature Camp" and not her as well. On the first day of camp Megan had a hard time with this concept and she let me know it with a good cry. So to make her feel better I told her she was going to "Daddy Nature Camp," and she suddenly seemed interested. So every morning after I dropped the boys off at camp Megan and I would go do something outdoors and nature related. We had a good time. It was fun hanging out all day each day...just the two of us. Best of all she really seemed to enjoy doing the same thing Ben was doing. In fact, at the end of each day the boys would tell me what they did at camp, and then Ben would ask Megan what she did at "Daddy Nature Camp." That made her feel pretty special. Next year she'll be ready for nature camp just like big brother, but in the meantime I'm glad she enjoyed daddy's version. So here's some highlights from Megan's "Daddy Nature Camp." As you can see she was pretty busy.

MONDAY - Nature hike at Barstow Woods. Collected acorns and pine cones.






MONDAY AT NOON - Megan and I had a "Daddy / Daughter" picnic in the park, and she got lots of swing and tree time.




TUESDAY - Nature hike at Whiting Forest. Collected more acorns and pine cones. Megan also had fun exploring the "forts."










WEDNESDAY - Hiked .25 miles on the "Chippewa Trail" at the Nature Center. Megan thought the "small bridges" were pretty interesting. The highlight was looking for frogs on all the lily pads at the wetlands.





THURSDAY - Nature hike at the Nature Center. Hiked 1.5 miles on the "Ridge Trail." Despite the distance she did great. I only had to carry her a short part of the way. Megan identified a fern for the first time. Also saw some mushrooms and deer tracks.








FRIDAY - Megan and I went to Dow Gardens for "storytime." Megan also got to pick some vegetables and water the flowers.