The other night, as my hubs & I were swinging the girls, a lighting bug landed on my leg. Right as my oldest came to investigate it, I batted it off. I really wasn't thinking that it would be exciting for her. It was a lighting bug. Something I've seen a million times before & the thought of catching them hasn't crossed my mind, yet. I guess I still think of our girls as being too little for such things. But that gave my husband an idea. We decided to set out & explore our yard.
Honestly, in our little backyard, I didn't think we'd see a thing. Here we were, all 5 of us, barefoot & strolling through the grass. We stopped at the concrete slab to check for bugs. Not spotting any, we turned & headed for the batch of lilies. That's when we seen a bee. A simple little bee. The girls hovered over it. Watching it go from clover flower to clover flower. While they were admiring him, I noticed something red in the mix. I bent down to pick it up. A tiny strawberry. We were standing in a little strawberry patch. There were close to 10 of the cutest little strawberries. Not much bigger than my pinkie nail. I had no idea they were back there. (Of course my husband said he did. He knowingly mows them over every week) And then much to our surprise, laying in the patch, we found 3 tiny snails. They were hiding in their shells. Of course everyone was excited about them even though none of the girls wanted to touch them!! It was time to head in so we pretended the big bear (from "We're going on a bear hunt") was chasing us & once we reached the deck we were safe.
I had a so much fun "exploring" with them. It's easy to let life rush past, as an adult, when all the world's issues are present. I'm so
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