My girls: The next Steve Irwin's

Last week we had an eventful day at our house. In the morning Mabel, Cam and Maggie were playing outside. Mabel spotted a snake in the stones behind our house and my brave little 4 year old Maggie caught it. I was soooo proud! (Don't worry we have had lots of talks about the certian snakes we can pick up and cannot--we mostly have garder's around here anyway) Well I was in the house and they came running in, with snake in hand, to show me! After pictures, I quickly usherd them out side--daddy would move out if a snake was loose in the house--lol!! I was surprised to see how big it was--I was impressed Maggie would try to pick up one this size. She held it for about 10 minutes and I tried to get Cam my nephew to hold it--he RAN!!! lol!!Too fun----I love living in the country!!!!!
Later on that day, Mabel came running in the house and said "mom, I see a turtle"
At first I blew her off cause she like to tell stories but she insisted so I followed her outside and sure enough, there was a good sized turtle in our drive way right in front of our garage. I rounded up the girls (Eli was sleeping) to show them--they were sooo excited! We watched it for a bit and touched it's shell then mommy put it in a bucket and we brought it down to our pond where Madelyn let it go. My dad will probably correct me but I think this is a boxer turtle. This is the LIFE!!!!!!
I love it that my kids are experiencing these wildlife sightings and that they can grow up to appreciate and love the animals I grew up playing with and loving. Thank you Lord for placing us in your beautiful woods and country side!!