I Spy

Today we decided for Family Home Evening to go on an "I Spy" walk. We created a list of all the things we wanted to see on our walk, and then headed out to try and find them. The list included:
A Pond
A Bridge
Grass with Flowers in it
Trees
Bushes
Clouds
Blue Sky
Sunshine
A Butterfly
A Bee
A Dog
A Red Car
Birds
A Duck
People
A Bell (Lucy described it as the kind with a string on it in a tall tower then you can pull the string and the bell will ring...good luck finding that outside of a fairy tale...or a church in England)
Spit Up (Inevitable when Logan is involved in anything)
We walked around the property a bit and found a cool Echo spot, lots of pretty flowers, and we spotted most things on our list. We were even able to see the Cochrane Chapel at one point, which the kids thought was really cool. To point it out to them, we used some distinguishable landmarks and said, "See those two clumps of trees, look in between them at the tall pole that is red and white striped...the church is right beside it." Lucy spied it right away, but Max had trouble. When he finally did spy it, he said, "Oh, it's by the whindy pole, and the mountain that looks like an airplane." I guess we chose the wrong landmarks.
The walk took longer than we expected because Lucy decided to stop every foot and look at the wildflowers. "This one is SO beautiful!" They picked a couple for me, which was very sweet, but eventually we had to nix the looking at wildflowers cuz we just weren't getting anywhere. I guess she's a "stop and smell the roses" kind of girl...and lilacs, and sunflowers (any flower that's yellow), and daisies, and alberta roses, and grass, and leaves...and...and...and...joy in the journey, right?
Max's favorite part was laying down in the tall grass and hiding. He thought it was amazing that the grass was tall enough that you couldn't even see him.
Now I'm going to go bathe Logan, while they've run to town to get donuts and formula. I love nights like this.