About 5 blocks from our house is the sneakiest, coolest little park. Not very many people know about it, but we love to go down to Forest Park. Every time we go I catch myself walking around thinking how cool it is to have a place like this right in the middle of town.
We always find lots of creatures and today was no different. This guy was a highlight- he was one HUGE beetle! The kids thought he was so super cool- that is until he flew and once they saw that guy could move with any sort of speed they were outta there :)
We found a GIGANTIC turtle too. (He might not look so big but he was at least the size of a pizza box) Apparently its giant critter day at good ol' Forest Park.
But the kids' favorite was not the big things, but the small. Morgan and Ian spent a decent amount of time trying to catch some teensy fish. And, all those fish have them 3/4 of the way convinced that we should let our turtle, Bernardo Antonio, come live in the pond and feast his face off on those fish. That is a huge success in my book!
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Wow that IS so close to you! I can see the red rocks in the back! Cooper would have been so in love with that beetle. The other day he was pretending a beetle that he caught was an airplane and he was flying it all around the yard. I wonder how he would have responded to see a big beetle take flight all on his own.
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